Digital traffic management should mean that motorists in Lower Saxony are less likely to be stuck in traffic jams in the future. For this purpose, the state relies on the NUNAV navigation technology, which networks and evaluates countless data from the streets in real time. Transport Minister Bernd Althusmann said on Thursday in Hanover in Hanover.

Identify accident black spots faster ) “We cannot prevent every traffic jam, but we can make traffic much more efficient,” said the CDU politician when introducing the system. All that is needed to use NUNAV is a device with internet access. The system is available free of charge as a navigation app for Android and iOS devices. But the state traffic authority also uses the system to, among other things, recognize accident black spots faster than before.

NUNAV was developed by Graphmasters from Hanover . The company’s country 180. is responsible for the development and use of the digital traffic situation picture in real time, which the traffic authority is now relying on euros paid.

Minister Althusmann emphasized that digital traffic management is also necessary in view of increasingly digital vehicles. That saves time, protects the climate and increases security. Other federal states have already contacted us and shown interest in the system.

Immense data collection as a basis Sebastian Heise, co-founder of Graphmasters, explained that the data was based on a large number of sensors on the streets – for example cameras, radar stations or contact loops in the ground – but also on the location data from cell phones. This makes it possible to see how the driving speeds change and how busy the road sections are.

According to Heise, the measurements in the road network are updated 1.5 million times per minute. “We have thus compiled an immense collection of data with which we can actually respond to the traffic with great precision,” he said. The President of the State Transport Authority, Eric Oehlmann, announced that the real-time picture of the situation for Lower Saxony will probably be dated 14. January will be freely available to everyone on the Internet at vmz-niedersachsen.de.

For the traffic authority, the digital system means one “A quantum leap,” said Oehlmann. “Up to now we were dependent on different actors for our traffic parameters.” That led to delays. Decisions about speed limits, road closures or diversions are now possible more quickly. And tin signs could be a thing of the past at some point.

The state traffic authority is currently realigning itself because since the beginning of the year it is no longer the states, but only the federal government for planning, construction and administration the highways is responsible. However, the state authority is still responsible for federal and state roads and is setting itself a new focus – in addition to topics such as e-mobility and cycling – traffic management.

(mho)