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Traffic Guidance: C-ITS Communication and Infrastructure Control
FlowAlert · FlowControl · C-ITS
FlowAlert and FlowControl connect real-time traffic operations with the channels and infrastructure that influence journeys on the road. Together, they enable Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS): from targeted in-app information and safety alerts to variable message signs, parking guidance and traffic-light control.
ONE GUIDANCE FUNCTION · TWO LAYERS
Align your driver communication and your infrastructure around traffic events
Traffic guidance is most effective when digital communication and physical infrastructure respond to the same live conditions. FlowAlert reaches road users before and during their journey. FlowControl activates the signs, parking guidance and traffic lights that shape movement across the network.
Managed together in FlowSuite, both layers turn one operational decision into a coordinated response across apps, vehicles and roadside infrastructure.
Apps · in-vehicle systems · pre-trip · on-trip
VMS · parking guidance · traffic lights · scenarios
FLOWALERT · INFORM
Reach road users before they reach the disruption.
FlowAlert enables road authorities to communicate proactively with drivers through connected mobility apps and in-vehicle systems, before departure or while they are on the road. This is C-ITS road-user communication in practice: targeted pre-trip and on-trip messages that support traffic guidance where it matters.
Messages can be created manually or triggered automatically by live traffic events, journey times, thresholds or predefined rules. Communication can be targeted by location, route, direction, time and audience, ensuring that relevant information reaches the road users who can act on it.
Pre-trip communication
Inform drivers before departure about planned road closures, expected delays, events or recommended routes.
On-trip alerts
Send real-time information based on a driver's location, route and current traffic conditions.
Targeted traffic campaigns
Reach road users travelling through a particular corridor, zone or event area without broadcasting irrelevant messages across the full network.
Manual or rule-triggered activation
Publish messages manually or activate them automatically when predefined operational conditions are met.
From publishing information to reaching the right road user at the right moment.
FLOWCONTROL · GUIDE
Turn traffic intelligence into action on the network.
FlowControl gives traffic operators one scenario-driven environment to manage variable message signs, dynamic parking guidance and traffic lights.
Operators can intervene directly or activate predefined scenarios based on congestion, incidents, events or roadworks. FlowControl then coordinates the relevant infrastructure measures, helping traffic centres respond consistently across the network rather than operating every asset separately.
Variable message sign management
Publish route recommendations, diversions and warnings on the right signs at the right moment.
Dynamic parking guidance
Use live occupancy information to direct road users towards available parking capacity.
Traffic-light control
Adjust traffic-light operations to support traffic flow, priority services and junction-capacity management.
Traffic scenario management
Define reusable scenarios that activate the correct combination of signs, parking guidance and traffic-light actions when specific conditions occur.
From individual infrastructure assets to one coordinated network response.
C-ITS IN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Where digital communication and infrastructure control become one guidance system.
Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems allow road users, vehicles, roadside infrastructure and traffic managers to exchange relevant information and coordinate their actions in real time.
Within FlowSuite, that principle becomes operational. FlowAlert communicates with road users through connected apps and in-vehicle systems. FlowControl activates the infrastructure measures that influence movement across the road network. Together, they enable road authorities to coordinate what drivers are told with what the infrastructure is doing.
One operational picture. One scenario. Multiple coordinated channels.
C-ITS IN PRACTICE
One event, multiple coordinated actions
Alert approaching drivers through apps and in-vehicle systems, publish recommended diversions on variable message signs and activate the relevant traffic-light scenario.
Inform visitors before departure, guide them towards the appropriate access routes and dynamically redirect traffic as parking occupancy changes.
Warn drivers that an emergency vehicle is approaching and, where integrated, support priority through connected traffic lights and infrastructure.
FROM CONDITION TO ACTION
A single workflow for communication and control.
- 01
Detect or define
A live traffic event, threshold or operator decision creates the operational trigger.
- 02
Select the response
The operator activates a predefined scenario or configures the required actions manually.
- 03
Inform through FlowAlert
Relevant road users receive targeted pre-trip or on-trip communication.
- 04
Guide through FlowControl
Signs, parking guidance and traffic lights apply the corresponding infrastructure measures.
- 05
Monitor and adjust
Operators follow the network response and update the scenario as conditions evolve.
Extending traffic guidance into apps and vehicles
Within FlowSuite Traffic Guidance, Be-Warned connects operational traffic information with driver communities, mobility apps and in-vehicle systems in real time. It provides the delivery layer behind C-ITS communication from traffic operations to road users.
<300 ms latency · up to 10 Hz update frequency · 3.5M+ connected drivers
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