BLUE WAVE CONNECTED
Description
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The Blue Wave term referring to a smooth passage for ships, with little delay to the road through open bridges.
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In a broader sense, Blue Wave all the amenities that provide a better traffic flow and travel time for traffic on the water and on the road where water and roads intersect.
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Especially information on opening hours of locks and bridges, and the availability of moorings in the port provides faster throughput.
Objectives
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Optimize the bridge opening timings so that waiting time is reduced for traffic.
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Better informed road traffic, so that routes can be adjusted (time and place), or perception can be changed.
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The objective of Blue wave project is to improve the exchange of information among waterway managers, shipping and road traffic across bridge
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Better informed (professional) navigation promoting an optimal planning process which optimizes the entire (inland navigation) chain, in line with the objectives to make inland shipping more attractive. This means less freight is transported by road.
Project input
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Technolution has developed algorithms that assess the interests of all road and waterway users. The input for these algorithms is the result of consultations with bridge operators and traffic managers. This allows the BMS in cooperation with the traffic management centres to monitor traffic intensity and public transport timetables for certain circumstances such as not lifting a bridge when a (delayed) bus arrives.
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The BMS combines two worlds that remain particularly separate, each with their own traffic centres. It connects several existing systems and databases. The BMS also provides important information to other systems such as when and where bridges are lifted.
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The Online Portal Blue Wave Bound provides current and reliable data on bridge and lock opening times and availability of berths and provides this data with existing traffic data flows and data distribution platforms.
Requirements
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Communication among the waterways traffic manager, shipping and traffic across bridge.
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Road users should pre-plan their trip according to opening and closing of the bridges which requires internet connection and prior knowledge about the internet sites.
Struggle
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The BMS primarily monitors road traffic because road traffic becomes congested more rapidly than waterway traffic. Congestion at a bridge can also escalate as soon as it encounters an intersection, causing the intersecting roads to become congested as well. How can one ensure the right choice is made? How can one determine who should pass and when?
Project output
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Skippers and motorists can anticipate the opening of the bridge via real-time information.
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Faster shipping path through coordinated bridge openings ensures great time savings.
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Bridge Management System calculates the ideal moment for the bridge opening.
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Seeing inland skippers via BLIS where there are free berths in the port.
Output
Skippers and motorists can anticipate the opening of the bridge via real-time information.
Faster shipping path through coordinated bridge openings ensures great time savings.
Bridge Management System calculates the ideal moment for the bridge opening.
