MAY 06 2025
Simulating the impact of CCAM on traffic flow: Ubiwhere’s digital contribution to the IN2CCAM project
IN2CCAM is a research project that advances and accelerates Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) technologies and services for seamless traffic management across Europe. Ubiwhere is one of the consortium members of this project, which aims to make roads safer, more sustainable and more inclusive. Find out about Ubiwhere’s technological contribution to the development of this project.
The IN2CCAM project aims to support optimised fleet and traffic management, guaranteeing the fluid mobility of people and goods, develop strategies for traffic optimisation, making adjustments to traffic lights to speed up traffic flow, implement a physical and digital structure based on results, guaranteeing interoperability, explore and promote cooperation, governance and business models that integrate CCAM in traffic management and also develop and apply simulations and digital twins for traffic management strategies.
As for the project’s impact, IN2CCAM concentrates its efforts on three categories - safety, environment and inclusion. With four Main Living Labs in Tampere (Finland), Trikala (Greece), Turin (Italy) and Vigo (Spain), IN2CCAM also has two Follower Living Labs - one in Bari (Italy) and the other in the Quadrilátero Urbano Association. This urban management project brings together the municipalities of Vila Nova de Famalicão, Barcelos, Braga and Guimarães (Portugal). As far as the Quadrilátero Association is concerned, IN2CCAM is dedicated to developing traffic simulations, based on the collection of previous data and the existence of a municipal management platform, in this case, the Ubiwhere’s Urban Management Platform implemented in Guimarães.
Ubiwhere contributes to this project by simulating the impact of CCAM on traffic flow and potential congestion in urban and peri-urban areas, by carrying out simulations that analyse the environmental and demographic impact of traffic flow and congestion. This contribution is made through a traffic simulator that allows different scenarios to be simulated, such as the creation of low emission zones (LEZ), total blocking or limiting of certain types of vehicle, changes to the availability of on-street car parks and speed limits.
As for the possibility of developing the project in the future, IN2CCAM could be applied to road construction or events, simulating the impact of blocking roads or implementing speed limits, responding to emergencies or incidents by simulating the closure of roads most vulnerable to extreme events and creating dedicated lanes for emergency vehicles, and traffic measures with the impact of changing speed limits on the road due to changes in vertical signage or the integration of speed bumps. Find out more about IN2CCAM here and follow the project’s progress.
