AI (Artificle intelligence), traffic and transport

"Video from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management about Smart Mobility in which AI plays a major role"

With AI and traffic, everything revolves around precision, time, planning, and safety. When thinking about traffic, consider cars, bicycle traffic (such as Fatbikes, E-bikes, and Pedelecs), but also scooters, mopeds, motorcycles, maritime shipping (ships, pleasure yachts, and submarines, etc.), aviation (helicopter and aircraft traffic), and also pedestrians, walkers, and sleepwalkers ;) (note: 

When thinking about traffic, you might consider the direction something indicates, steers itself, or directs itself. But it is more than that; it is all about control, direction, and being mobile. The coordination of various devices and equipment, as well as connections, revolves around and plays a role in this. 

Traffic and AI

Traffic also involves control over people, animals, and objects. At junctions and traffic lights, as with trains, cars, freight traffic, etc., the control system is called the Control Management System. This all takes place in Driebergen for ProRail under the name Operational Control Centre (OCC), at the control center, and in the Province of Utrecht, the management of regular traffic in the regions is determined. This is done at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. They have several departments, including the "Traffic Centre Netherlands," where incident reporting and the coordination of emergency services are managed, among other things.

AI plays an increasingly large role in control, and especially in the role itself. However, not everything can be done with AI these days; sometimes it is still human work. It can also be used to prevent accidents and inconvenience, and to regulate traffic better. Thanks to AI, you can accurately predict the weather, but just as easily see when a specific mode of transport will arrive, such as in freight traffic. For example, you can see what time a good or product arrives at the store, so that people know approximately when they can pick something up. But there is also a service center for transport in daily life; think of hospitals, the police, timetables for trams, trains, and metros, as well as cars that need to be escorted and freight in traffic.

"There is one thing that cannot yet be managed with AI in 2026: the NS train schedule, a video from the University of the Netherlands."

Drone traffic and AI

Drones play a major, crucial role in this, but not only for the transport or distribution of goods—think of medication, as in poor countries, and perhaps more here in the future. They also play a role in air traffic; a drone can monitor everything remotely and be deployed by the police and defense, among others, as well as for photography and logistical transport.