Smart mobility unveiled

What is a smart mobility ecosystem?

The smart mobility ecosystem is the collection of all digital and physical actors involved in moving from A to B. What makes the ecosystem really smart is the digital connection (safe and guaranteed), real-time data exchange, the inclusion of all actors (from authorities to road users), and future-proofing the system for autonomous driving.

As a picture says more than a thousand words, you find hereafter what, in our opinion, the most optimal smart mobility ecosystem looks like:

How does Monotch contribute to the Smart Mobility ecosystem?

Monotch is the market leader in smart mobility platforms that allow interoperability, real-time, secure connection and data exchange between all the mobility industry actors.

The Traffic Live Exchange platform—TLEX® for short—is the data exchange system that allows all smart mobility parties to connect while working according to industry-set (global) standards.

TLEX® is all about connecting the different actors in the smart mobility ecosystem. The system allows governmental authorities, such as road authorities or cities, to set traffic rules based on their expertise and laws for all road users. Next, all roadside equipment manufacturers and system creators are invited to connect their smart products to the platform. After that, different service providers create solutions (a navigation app, a parking space finding app) that road users can instantly make available from their car dashboard or smartphone.

In this ecosystem, everybody benefits;

• Road authorities and cities get a better understanding of how traffic moves and how they can implement different use cases to create safer, more efficient, and sustainable traffic flows
• Roadside equipment manufacturers making smart products that work with the industry standards can be used worldwide
• Traffic management solutions analyse the data through their specialist software and improve the real-time traffic flow by providing emergency and event information and optimising smart object settings, allowing road users to find the smoothest way around
• Service providers can create commercially attractive solutions that use the collected data and send information back from its users
• Research Institutes will analyse the available data to help improve the traffic flow. In addition, the TLEX system has a test environment, allowing an affordable system for pilots.
• Road users are the largest user group, and they use the applications from the system providers to give them insights into the traffic when they are on the road. This allows them to make consciously better decisions regarding their travel, either before they leave and when they are on the road.

Using TLEX® as the central hub for the smart mobility ecosystem is the same revolution as introducing the Internet to everyone. It allows everyone to connect according to industry-set standards: anonymous, secure, and governance.

Where do we find Smart Mobility solutions already?

Smart mobility solutions are around us, probably more often than we realise. The most known Smart Mobility solution is perhaps the navigation app we all have on our mobile phones that indicates when there is a traffic jam, or maybe the ‘green waves’ some cities have where you can drive at a certain speed, and all traffic lights turn green.

Monotch is involved in several international smart mobility projects. The most known are:

• Talking Traffic
• UDAP
• Mobilidata
• NordicWay3

Of course, we always take on new projects, so check our latest news items for the most recent projects.

What different types of Smart Mobility platforms are available?

When discussing different ways to create data exchange, we can divide this into various kinds of solutions, each with its maturity, functionality and support. We identified the following types of platforms;

• Generic IoT
• Vendor
• Project built/government developed
• TLEX

Each has its technical background, but we dare to say that TLEX® is the most sophisticated, advanced, hassle-free, and proven solution to make smart mobility future-proof and take it to a whole new level. We have written a detailed report about this comparing the different alternative solutions in detail. You can download this report for free here.

Are you ready to try TLEX®? Reach out for more information.