This presentation discusses how traffic management in the future will change with the emergence of automated vehicles. Infrastructure and AVs can complement each other if all relevant stakeholders seek synergies by reaching out and engage in a collaborative dialogue.
Speaker Biography
Tom Alkim is Strategic Advisor Connected & Automated Mobility at the Dutch company MAPtm, which provides consultancy, digital and operational services in the ITS domain. He has almost 25 years of experience in the public sector, working in the field of dynamic traffic management, C-ITS and Connected & Automated Mobility for Rijkswaterstaat, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management and the European Commission, Directorate General Research & Innovation. He was part of the core team that was responsible for the Declaration of Amsterdam and the European Truck Platooning Challenge during the Dutch EU presidency in 2016. Tom is an International Member on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation (ACP30) and chair of the International Taskforce on Vehicle-Highway Automation (ITFVHA).
