Traffic and Environmental Sensors

Darmstadt is a growing city with many commuters and a high level of traffic during rush hour.

The “Traffic and Environmental Sensor Technology” project uses intelligent traffic sensors and guidance systems to enable more targeted traffic volume control, thereby ensuring smoother traffic flows. Sensors detect the vehicle types and average speeds of passing vehicles, which can then be used to guide traffic control measures. This pioneering technology saves time for all road users and minimizes pollutants in urban areas. The real-time urban traffic computer can integrate this traffic data, as well as environmental data collected via its own sensor network, into future control concepts. The collected data is made available as open data and is used, for example, in scientific research at technical universities and start-ups.