PROJECT STORY
The challenge
The Dutch province of Noord-Holland adopted performance-based traffic management, partnering for the long-term to keep traffic safe, clean, and smart.
Traffic Management as a service for the province of Noord-Holland
Smarter Asset and Traffic Management in the Netherlands
The solution
Arcadis and partners will lead data-driven Traffic Management as a Service (TMaaS) for 10 years, covering the complete provincial road-network.
The impact
Helping the province to innovate and improve on performance-based traffic management, in-car and through road network assets, at lower monthly costs.
25–30%
reduction on exploitation costs
500
dispatches of emergency services each month
5100
crowed sourced App triggers processed per month
The challenge
The Dutch province of Noord-Holland, together with 9 municipal road managers, became the first public entity in the Netherlands to adopt the performance-based TMaaS ‘Traffic Management as a Service’ developed by ATEam, a consortium formed by Arcadis together with Trigion and Equans. This unique proposition allows city and regional road managers to take control of their infrastructure assets, by handling their mobility and asset management goals through performance-based contracting. Making large investments in traffic management and recruitment initiatives a thing of the past.
The solution
TMaaS effectively releases the governing body of the province from having to run and maintain a tactical and operational organization, together with its supportive facilities like operators and IT. While at the same time road users and residents of Noord-Holland benefit from a smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable use of the infrastructure network.
The TMaaS approach handles traffic monitoring, data analysis, and real-time interventions. Through crowd sourcing and collating data from more than 3 million Flitsmeister users – a popular Dutch mobile traffic app – our traffic management operators get unique and invaluable insights. Advanced tools like intelligent traffic lights and smart cameras help ATEam quickly respond to traffic issues, for instance by managing traffic jams or prioritizing public transport.
The impact
The strategic shift made by the group of road managers not only addresses the shortage of available traffic management expertise, but also positions the province as a leader in technology-driven mobility solutions in the Netherlands. The Noord-Holland Road Department can now focus on infrastructure policy implementation and direction, rather than switching between this and tactical issues or managing complex technical traffic systems.
The reduction in operating costs and the continuous access to the latest, most innovative, and safest technologies, makes the adoption of Traffic Management as a Service beneficial for the province’s infrastructure manager and users.
