The advent of vehicles’ connectivity and automation opens up unprecedented opportunities to make road transport more efficient and sustainable going far beyond what can be achieved by the vehicle’s intelligence alone, even in the presence of imperfect information of the surrounding traffic. Our community, which has been trying for decades to manage one of the most complex human dynamics based on limited, low-quality, and usually outdated information with only indirect tools (such as traffic lights and variable message signs), sees ahead the possibility to use rich, high-quality, and real-time data to provide personalized and targeted advice to each user of the transportation system.

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未来高速公路和城市交通系统管理特刊的客座编辑介绍

车辆连接性和自动化的出现开辟了前所未有的机会，使道路运输更加高效和可持续，这远远超出了仅靠车辆智能所能实现的目标，即使在周围交通信息不完善的情况下也是如此。我们的社区几十年来一直试图根据有限的、低质量的、通常是过时的信息，仅使用间接工具（例如交通灯和可变信息标志）来管理最复杂的人类动态之一，它预见到了以下可能性：利用丰富、优质、实时的数据，为交通系统的每一位用户提供个性化、有针对性的建议。