World’s First Quantum Traffic Optimization Tech
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Quantum computing technologies have been proliferating in a wide range of fields. Traffic optimization is one of them. Volkswagen is launching in Lisbon, Portugal the world’s first pilot project for traffic optimization using a quantum computer.
The Group is equipping MAN buses of the city of Lisbon with a traffic management system developed in-house. This system uses a D-Wave quantum computer and calculates the fastest route for each of the nine participating buses individually and almost in real-time.
This way, passengers’ travel times will be significantly reduced, even during peak traffic periods, and traffic flow will be improved. The system will be tested in a pilot at the beginning of November when buses will carry thousands of passengers through the city traffic in Lisbon.
The traffic optimization system was designed so that it can generally be applied to any city and to vehicle fleets of any size. Further pilot projects for cities in Germany and other European countries are already being considered. Volkswagen believes that such a traffic optimization system could be offered to public transport companies, taxi companies or fleet operators, according to quantaneo.com.
The traffic management system includes two components – passenger number prediction and route optimization by quantum computing. For predictions, the development team from Volkswagen is using data analytics tools to identify stops with especially high passenger numbers at certain times. For this purpose, anonymized geo-coordinates and passenger flow data are used. The objective is to offer as many people as possible tailor-made transport possibilities and to ensure optimum utilization of the bus fleet.
Learn more about quantum applications at the Quantum Tech Conference – Quantum for Security organized by iHLS on November 18, 2019, at the Lago Conference Center, Rishon LeZion west.
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