THE LAST WORD The view from the Netherlands
Each issue, Smart Highways invites one or two prominent European ITS experts to give their views on the industry. This time we meet Marije de Vreeze (Manager, ITS Netherlands) and Harsha Dijk (Manager, Lean and Green) to discuss what we can learn from the Netherlands
ITS Netherlands we believe that we can achieve so much advancement in this area, just by combining being ‘green’ with being ‘lean’. Over the past years logistic companies have noticed that their efforts to reduce their footprint of the transportation of goods have become aligned with increasing competitiveness of their company. Data exchange is key in this improvement. Together with advancements in automation and communication this can lead to smart mobility.
POWER OF COMMUNITIES We’ve brought these aspects of sustainabil- ity and competiveness together in the Lean and Green Program, initiated by the Dutch Ministry of Transport. Within the Lean and Green program the logistic companies adopt the challenge of reducing 20 per cent CO2 emissions within five years. More than 300 companies have started on this chal- lenge, and now, six years after starting the program, the first 47 companies have actu- ally reached the first start goal of 20 per cent reduction. And now, together with these companies, we’re moving towards five stars, or as we put it: five starts towards zero emis- sion. And the program is running through- out Europe, with offices in Belgium, Italy, Germany and Holland. This reduction is usually found not
by changing the technology of the vehi- cles, but by using ITS solutions to change driving style, increase utilization rate and upgrading the effectiveness of a trip. One of the key aspects of the success of the program is that it is community driven, by companies sharing their vision for con- tinuous improvement. Of course the companies are different,
but they challenge each other to keep on improving, to celebrate efforts, share best practices and last, but definitely not least, by improving their data to strengthen deci-
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ustainability and efficiency is becoming a driver for future development in mobility. Within
“The Dutch minister of Transport felt comfortable enough to drive with Connekt at the speed of 100km/h on a highway without actually steering the car”
sion making and tracking of their progress. And data, that is where the ITS and logistic worlds meet.
DATA AS A DRIVER FOR EFFICIENCY Data even becomes more important in the next step of the Lean and Green program: increasing efficiency of logistics further requires a bigger view over a larger part of the supply chain and effective communica- tion in the supply chain between partners. In the next step we assist shippers and oper- ators in getting the data and methodologies in place so they have a shared language and methodology for cooperation. The win- win model of cooperation is the primary goal; the data is there to help. Sharing of data will make everyone a winner.
OPEN DATA AS A DRIVER FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS Because of European legislation, open data is becoming mandatory for public authorities. The Netherlands is pro-active in opening up this data for private organi- sations. This will also open up the creative- ness of the private sector; we will see the most amazing new services for road users and logistic companies in the near future. This offers opportunities for ITS compa- nies to get into the logistics world, by using open data and other data sources to apply
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this for the logistic companies, for instance for tactical planning. But turning data into information can also lead to seamless con- nections, by reducing the amount of paper work in transactions. And we’re already working on a cross chain control cen- tre, where different European and world wide complex supply chains are directed and coordinated. As we call it: floating on information in a sea of data.
TOWARDS AUTOMATION The following step where ITS meets logistics is in automation. Communication between vehi- cles is becoming more and more important. From vehicle to vehi-
cle, as an important step towards automated driving. We’ve already seen the first tests of platooning with heavy vehicles. The Dutch minister of Transport, Ms Schultz van Hae- gen felt comfortable enough to drive with Connekt at the speed of 100 km/h on a highway without actually steering the car, it was automated. Also in logistics sensors and tracking is helping the work process to become more lean and green. By integra- tion of all this information, one can go to the internet of assets, where information is shared in real time.
EXPANDING TOWARDS PERSONAL MOBILITY AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES November of last year we’ve started, once again supported by the Ministry of Trans- portation to extend the Lean and Green program towards personal mobility. Now we’re challenging companies not only to move their goods in a sustainable and smart way, but also to ask their employees to move themselves in this way. Just as in logistics, the future of personal mobility is all about changing behaviour.
deVreeze@connekt.nl
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