HERE AND MURATA MANUFACTURING JOIN FORCES TO TACKLE TRAFFIC WOES IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA

HERE Technologies, the leading location data and technology platform, today announced that its partnership with Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Murata), a leader in advanced electronics design and manufacturing, is delivering city authorities in Jakarta, Indonesia unprecedented roadway congestion insights and capabilities to monitor, predict and address a variety of traffic-related challenges.

Jakarta is notorious for traffic jams. According to the Jakarta Police traffic division, commuters lose an average of 30 minutes per trip to traffic congestion in 2022. This amounts to an estimate of USD 4.5 billion in economic losses for the country in the last year.

The collaboration between HERE and Murata has paved the way for a smarter and more sustainable traffic management for the city of Jakarta. By integrating map and traffic data from HERE with Murata’s traffic counter system that uses LiDAR technology, city authorities in Jakarta now have unprecedented insights into traffic patterns – including real-time traffic data such as vehicle count, classification, flow direction and speed; peak traffic hours and popular travel routes – to monitor, predict, and proactively address a wide array of urban mobility challenges.

The traffic management system is also capable of measuring environmental conditions such as predicting rain based on carbon dioxide and atmospheric pressure sensors to identify areas that could be/or are flooded or impassable. This allows for a better visualization and management of road traffic, including changing traffic light cycles depending on traffic conditions to reduce traffic bottlenecks in the city’s busiest corridors and minimise accidents.

Murata and HERE were able to build a traffic management model that not only analyzes traffic issues in Jakarta from various angles, but also provides commuters with efficient travel routes that avoid traffic congestions, reduce fuel consumption and in-turn lower carbon emissions.

As the capabilities continue to evolve, city officials in Jakarta are looking to incorporate predictive analytics that leverages historical traffic data to proactively suggest optimal routes before a traffic congestion occurs. There are also plans to further integrate this system with Indonesia’s smart city initiatives, connecting it with traffic lights management and parking systems, as well as with public transportation networks.