ITS Factory

City as a test area

ITS Factory is innovation, experimentation and development environment, where companies and individual developers can research, develop, test and productize Intelligent Transport Systems and Solutions. ITS-factory stakeholders actively develop different parts of autonomous transport, such as automated feeder transport services and their operation towards an integrated public transport system.

City of Tampere is active in developing and boosting sustainable services such as Mobility-as-a-Service, demand responsive transport, payment & ticketing, Parking-as-a-Service, eMobility, automated transport services, intelligent tram system and drones as part of integrated mobility. City of Tampere is also a forerunner in opening traffic data, both static and real-time.

ITS Factory has active Public-Private Partnership cooperation between members on all levels and dozens of R&D projects in national and international level. ITS Factory’s goal is to produce business-oriented solutions for ITS and it also wants to support standardization.

ITS Factory is an open research, development, testing and data sharing network for the members.

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Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI, NLS)

FGI is a highly international research institute that conducts innovative research and offers expertise within the field of spatial data.

We are developing techniques related to smart traffic, primarily on the road and at sea as well as pedestrian traffic. We also develop various kinds of techniques for collecting spatial data. Big data and crowdsourcing enable new services and business models in the field of navigation and positioning services.

By working in close co-operation with businesses, universities, research institutes and public agencies, we create opportunities for innovations in measurements, smart traffic, PNT (positioning, navigation & timing), and transfer this knowledge into the society in all levels.

Our researchers are global forerunners in developing and integrating laser, hyperspectral and stereoscopic imaging sensors in versatile platforms such as drones, cars, backpacks and aircrafts. The use of satellites together with other systems for PNT belongs to the core expertise of FGI, including both high-precision applications and robustness against jamming and interference.

FGI develops AI based analytics solutions to derive precise information from big data and integrates in-situ measurements with space data.

Our aim is to facilitate the development of innovations in spatial data, and navigation and positioning technology for the good of society.

We are part of the National Land Survey of Finland.

CGI

Connecting the dots between data, technology and people

CGI is a global IT and business consulting company. We work together with our clients to develop services and IP with first-class customer and user experience.

Our transportation services for cities, authorities and private companies keep both people and goods moving in Finland. By combining data, technology and people, we create new business and innovation on land, at sea and in the air through our extensive ecosystem of clients and partners.

Pursuing to meet the emissions targets is everyone’s responsibility. We believe technology is key in achieving a greener future and with our services we are helping our clients act more responsible. Our logistics solution, IT4Cargo, cuts emissions from Finnish road logistics with optimization and enables up to 18 % lower carbon footprint in fuel emissions. Artificial Intelligence is harnessed for the environment, as our analytics solution for MacGregor warns of containers at risk of falling from the ship into the sea, enabling course changes before any damage occurs.

TietoEVRY

Building Trusted Digital Societies

Headquartered in Finland, TietoEVRY employs around 24,000 experts globally. The company serves thousands of enterprise and public sector customers in more than 90 countries. TietoEVRY’s annual turnover is approximately EUR 3 billion and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ in Helsinki and Stockholm as well as on the Oslo Børs.

TietoEVRY provides mobility related software, consulting, product development and services for businesses and society in eg. following areas: fleet management, freight and logistics, IoT, maritime, passenger transport and road traffic.

Examples:

Fleet management

Goodyear fleet management solution jointly with HERE Technologies

Freight and logistics

Hartwall optimization of logistics 

IoT

Helsinki region public transport ticket and information system

City of Tampere pedestrian safety Internet of Things solution

Maritime

TietoEVRY is part of the ONE SEA high-profile ecosystem, which leads the way towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem. 

Passenger transport

Finnish regions public transport ticketing system

Road traffic

Jointly with the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA), the ELY Centre for North Savo and Valio, we test the use of a milk truck information system to survey roads.

Siemens Mobility Oy – Shaping connected mobility

Siemens Mobility Oy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG and operates in Finland and the Baltic countries. We employ approximately 70 sales, project management and systems specialists. We are a domestic company with diverse experience in large-scale projects and long-term services and understanding of the local transport market and operators.

We enable rail operators to shape today’s and tomorrow’s passenger and freight transportation – with rolling stock (trains, locomotives, metro, light rail), infrastructure, automation and electrification solutions, turnkey systems as well as related services. Furthermore, with IoT and data analytics we help rail operators enhance the maintenance of the infrastructure and rolling stock.

Our offer spans intelligent road infrastructure and traffic solutions in and between cities, such as traffic management and simulation, digital services driven by AI, solutions for shared autonomous vehicles and much more.

We also offer multimodal trip planners, apps that are true traveler companions providing access to comprehensive Mobility as a Service – from the first to the last mile. Our mission is to make trains and infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability.

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Ramboll Digital Mobility Lab – Tools for better planning

Ramboll’s Digital Mobility Lab has state-of-the-art mobility modelling tools that will help you achieve efficient transportation flows.

​Planning has become harder than ever, and the current methodologies in use do not support the decision-maker enough. Luckily there is nowadays a lot of data available on user needs and mobility patterns to make new kind of analysis. Decision-making can be made more rational and pre-emptive.

Our BRUTUS helps transport planners to analyze multi-modal transport demand at the individual level. Urban structure is represented with a dense land-use data set and connected with a multi-modal transport network. The simulation examines the profiles of the households in the urban structure and replicates them and their activities utilizing the travel survey sample. All activities resulting in travel demand of the simulated individuals are modeled as travel chains and generated trips assigned to the transport modes and routes.

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BRUTUS can closely represent how everyone is likely to travel in the transport system.  Thus, we can trace back simulated people throughout all the travel and activities during the day using any mode, including new mobility services. The detailed data can be analyzed in many ways to study for example the social, economic and environmental sustainability impacts of the proposed measures. As a result, you will achieve better solutions, economic benefits and reach your sustainability targets.

City of Tampere

Sustainable and intelligent transport system utilizing digitalization and intelligent transport solutions

City of Tampere has long history and is actively developing ITS systems and services. Big infrastructure projects like new city tram and Central Deck and Arena is urban scale development on top of existing railway tracks in the heart of the city offer a great platform to develop and implement new innovations. Goal is to add value to citizens everyday life, create new business opportunities to companies and to build sustainable city together with ITS Factory and Smart Tampere ecosystems. ITS Factory is an active business ecosystem that has operated in the region for a long time and has supported collaboration between different parties and the creation of new solutions. Smart Tampere is the strategic development programme of the City of Tampere for 2017–2021. These ecosystems consist of companies, universities, r&d organizations and public entities. Our goal is to make Tampere one of leading smart mobility cities and testing grounds in Europe.

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom – reliable transport system, safe traffic and high-quality communications

Traficom is an authority serving people and businesses in licence, registration and approval matters related to transport and communications, at the same time promoting the transport system and traffic safety as well as boosting digitalisation. Traficom supports sustainable development and ensures that everyone in Finland has access to high-quality, secure and reasonably priced communications connections and services.

Traficom’s future-oriented work focuses on the phenomena of the digital society, seeks solutions, builds networks and helps companies and authorities prepare for the future. Our goal is not only to produce information in support of the agency’s strategic decision-making but also to propose measures and concrete solutions.

The objective of Traficom’s research and development activities is to support Traficom and its experts in the performance of the agency’s tasks and the achievement of the goals set for its operations. The aim is to improve the safety of the transport system, reduce the negative environmental impacts of transport and develop communications services and technologies.

Etteplan

DIGITALIZATION WITH A DIFFERENCE!

Etteplan can design and implement digitalization solutions from sensors to data analytics, and from service design to integration of different critical systems and IoT devices. We master all relevant cloud technologies.

We have implemented for example car sharing services, applications for mobile refueling, solutions for charging electric vehicles and many other digital and mobile services for professional drivers and consumers. We create, integrate and maintain for example logistics, payment solutions, ERP, resourcing and route planning and optimization solutions.

We have a wide range of digitalization professionals from user experience designers to software architects and software developers. With Etteplan’s embedded software developers and test engineers we can design and implement anything to digitalize your business. Etteplan also offers digitalization services for technical information.

Our approach is always user driven, whether it is an app that is destined for the end user’s hands or as a tool for a professional user. Our solutions make use of the latest proven technology.

The results of Etteplan’s innovative engineering can be seen in numerous industrial solutions and everyday products. The company currently has over 3,400 professionals in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Denmark, USA and China.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Helping customers in the transition to sustainable, service-oriented and automated mobility

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a visionary research, development and innovation partner. VTT drives sustainable growth and tackles the biggest global challenges of our time. VTT goes beyond the obvious to help the society and companies to grow through technological innovations. We have over 75 years of experience of top-level research and science-based results.

VTT’s mobility and transport research foster the value driven, adaptive and responsible future mobility of people and goods. VTT provides applied research to more than 200 companies internationally, from standardized validation and development tasks to considerable ecosystem schemes. ​In European research ranking VTT is ranked 4th in Horizon 2020 EU Research and Innovation programme.

VTT develops solutions for its customers using the multidisciplinary approach, and integrating different sectors: smart services, cities, infrastructure, autonomous and connected systems, transport and mobility as well as data​. VTT has unique equipment and facilities for research on machines and vehicles, enabling the creation of entirely new innovations and the further development of existing machinery, vehicles and transport systems. These research facilities cover an extremely broad range of experimental research on everything from components to systems level simulation. Engine and vehicle laboratory research is suitable for passenger cars as well as heavy-duty vehicle up to 60 metric tons to develop energy efficiency, emissions, reduction, use of 2nd generation biofuels, electric powertrains, energy storages, vehicle fleet and route simulation.