TomTom to provide real time traffic info for Dutch city

TomTom will provide the city of Purmerend with real time traffic information to optimise traffic flow.

April 11, 2012 Read time: 1 min

RSS3972 TomTom will provide the city of Purmerend with real time traffic information to optimise traffic flow. Journey time information will be displayed on the highway message screen advising drivers of the quickest way out of the city onto the A7 highway. The company is collaborating with 4835 Vialis International, who is responsible for delivering the project and installing the variable message sign (VMS). To get TomTom traffic information on the VMS, Vialis has created a standard interface to integrate the traffic data seamlessly into the central system, which controls all signs in The Netherlands."This project is a perfect example of combining roadside equipment with real time traffic data. We look forward to implementing more of these solutions with TomTom in the future," said Jan Hendrik Sweers, CEO of Vialis.TomTom says that with this first interface the way has been paved for other municipalities and Rijkswaterstaat, the executive arm of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, to use TomTom traffic information on their respective VMS.

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