Project overview:

• Improving the stabilisation / liquefaction of traffic
• Implementation of multimodal travel chains
• Communication between road users and infrastructure
• Acceleration of public transport and activation of further NO² reduction potentials

Project partner: 
City of Frankfurt am Main, Road Traffic Office Transport company Frankfurt am Main

Project duration: 12/2020 – 12/2024

The Frankfurt MIND(+) joint project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV) as part of the "Clean Air 2017 - 2020" immediate action programme - funding measure "Digitalisation of municipal transport systems".

Frankfurt MIND(+) (Frankfurt New Mobility: Multimodal, Intelligent, Sustainable, Digital) is an innovative joint project of Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (VGF) and Straßenverkehrsamt Frankfurt am Main, which creates the conditions for a multimodal, intelligent, sustainable and digital mobility offering in the city of Frankfurt am Main.

In addition to motorised private transport (MIT) and local public transport (LPT), Frankfurt MIND(+) also includes local mobility, cyclists and pedestrians and thus represents the overall mobility of a city. The project creates the necessary technical conditions on the motorised and public transport side to stabilise the flow of traffic and to implement multimodal travel chains, in particular by equipping traffic light systems (LSA) at intersections with public transport traffic by installing Roadside-Intelligent Transport System-Stations (R-ITS-S) and upgrading control units at traffic light systems (LSA). These R-ITS-S systems form the basis for communication between road users and infrastructure (traffic light systems).

The planned successive equipment of the relevant traffic lights with R-ITS-S and other necessary hardware (e.g. control units) will significantly increase the controllability of MIT and enable the necessary linking of MIT and public transport via standardised open (OCIT) interfaces with the integrated overall traffic control centre (IGLZ) and the traffic computer. In addition, a connection to the communication and traffic control computer of the VGF will be created in the sense of a cooperative control centre, whereby in future multimodal and intermodal travel chains across all modes of transport in the overall Frankfurt am Main system can be controlled in an environmentally oriented manner, thus enabling a significant reduction in NO2 emissions.