COSMOS - Results of the MOTION Demonstrator for Congestion and Incident Management Strategies in Piraeus

Abstract

The COSMOS project has developed and demonstrated new procedures for reducing and
preventing traffic congestion in urban areas. As an example the MOTION Demonstrator in
Piraeus and results of the field trials are presented. The implemented systems for intelligent
urban traffic control and for route guidance do provide a significant benefit to the
improvement of traffic conditions in the demonstration site of Piraeus: Travel times for the
road users are improved and congestion is reduced. As an effect of the optimal urban traffic
control the traffic related emissions and fuel consumption are decreasing. The results can be
transfered to other cities all over the world to solve traffic problems in urban areas.