Traffic chaos in Central Saxony: Where it stops now and why!

Traffic chaos in Central Saxony: Where it stops now and why!

In middle saxony, there is currently a greatly tense traffic, as the current traffic jam warning shows. Drivers on the A4, A14 and A72 motorways as well as the federal highways B107, B169, B175 and other important connections must be prepared for significant delays. This current information is provided by the traffic jam warning, which works in cooperation with the "TomTom" service in order to provide precise traffic information through GPS data from millions of mobile devices and road sensors, such as Sächsische.de reports .

investments in the transport infrastructure

In order to provide the driving information in a timely and effectively, the Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Mittelachsen (ZVMS) will invest around 12 million euros in the "Integrated Traffic Management: ITCS Mittelachsen" project by 2020. The Free State of Saxony takes over around 8.9 million euros, which corresponds to 75 percent of the recognized costs. State Secretary Stefan Brangs recently presented the first funding notice of over 1.8 million euros to the VMS. The initiative is intended to make public transport (public transport) through modern systems and apps, such as MedienService Saxony holds .

As part of this project, a digital operating management management system for regional transport and for city traffic Zwickau is purchased. It is planned to integrate new brown calculators, which, among other things, enable cashless numbers. These measures should be fully operational by the beginning of 2020 and ensure real -time information for all regional bus lines in the VMS and the lines of the Zwickau city traffic. This not only shows the departure times in real time for passengers, but also achieve a significant improvement in service quality.