The dream: you are driven Smart Mobility Flevoland

LELYSTAD

The goal: In 2030, Flevoland is the first Dutch province with self-driving vehicles.This system supplements regional public transportation with a special network of driving lanes, and is ready to be expanded into neighbouring regions. Flevoland owes this head-start thanks to the province’s largely straight roads, which makes it an ideal “living lab” for self- driving cars. The driverless shuttles were first used on the robot lane between ’s international airport and Lelystad Central train station. Shortly thereafter, consumers followed with their own electric self-driving cars: safe, efficient and green, in many cases running on self-generated electricity.

Smart Mobility enhances accessibility, safety and quality of life in the . It is vital that we make the most out of the opportunities that new information and communication technologies offer us.

Smart Mobility has an impact on virtually all forms of transportation, and this in turn has its effect on society and the economy. Take, for example, the self-driving car, a technological advancement that will have a major impact on society.

With Smart Mobility, the Province of Flevoland is focusing on the unique opportunities for the province: • The development opportunities centred around • A young, enterprising population with a drive to innovate • The comparatively less complex road infrastructure, ideal for testing new technologies Smart mobility solutions can be an important part of keeping the province’s rural areas accessible. Flevoland sees opportunities to profile itself in the following eight areas together with the market and various public and private partners.

1. Stronger together Flevoland works together on many different levels. With vehicles. Flevoland is supporting this initiative, and will make partners like the Metropool Regio (MRA), where Larserweg available as a test route for self-driving cars. This Flevoland will be participating in the MRA management team partnership will enable Flevoland to profile itself in this field and the Smart Mobility core team. Other partnerships with and help attract automotive industry partners to the airport area. provinces in the north (, and ) will serve the goal of improving the vitality of rural areas by 6. Flypod sharing experiences with Smart Mobility. Finally, Flevoland In keeping with the development of Lelystad Airport, the is always receptive to market parties with new ideas, and Lelystad Airport Business Park and the LAB Test Centre, there we will be opening an “experiments desk” for innovators, is the development of a self-driving bus connection between individuals and knowledge institutions. the Lelystad intercity train station and Lelystad Airport: the Flypod. This is one way Flevoland is gaining experience with 2. Living Learning Labs in rural areas self-driving public transport. The reserved bus lanes in Flevoland puts a high priority on fostering vibrant rural areas. offer opportunities to apply this on a larger scale. Good mobility facilities are becoming harder and harder to retain. To reverse this downward spiral, the provinces 7. Smart Energy of Friesland and have started experiments with 50% of CO2 emissions in Flevoland come from traffic. 60% of real value for the development of Flevoland. Arriving at a energy in Flevoland is generated from sustainable sources like shared vision and strategy will, however, require cooperation wind and solar. The electrification of mobility is a logical step between the provinces. Flevoland is taking the initiative to forward. For the achievement of targets in the area of electric launch Smart Mobility for the countryside. driving, Flevoland is working with project agency MRA-E (Metropoolregio Amsterdam Electrisch). Starting in early 2017, 3. Events attract MRA-E began pursuing a number of initiatives like improving Flevoland is host to major events that put cars on the road. the communication and information available to drivers of Amsterdam has gained a lot of experience through intelligent electric vehicles, local energy generation for sustainable traffic management, and has made these experiences charging, local energy storage, and the utilisation of electric available to Flevoland. Together with the province of Noord- cars and e-delivery courier services. All these projects have Holland, Flevoland will be ensuring that event traffic in their connections to Smart Mobility. Flevoland will also be Flevoland becomes one of the regional model applications in creating quick-charging infrastructure, beginning with at least the nationwide Talking Traffic project. two filling stations.

4. Talking Flevoland 8. Logistics innovation As part of the national government project “Talking Traffic”, The urban area of Lelystad/Almere, together with Lelystad in the near future 1,200 intersections in the Netherlands Airport, maritime coastal developments and the Schiphol- controlled by stoplight will be upgraded with intelligent traffic Amsterdam-Almere-Lelystad connection are an important control systems that communicate with cars. Flevoland is logistics centre. The region is bursting with potential for helping finance this project and will be providing ten smart the testing of new logistics solutions like truck platooning traffic lights to help improve traffic flow. and integrated intermodal transport. Flevoland will be encouraging this by making connections between the industry 5. LAB Test Centre and the market for Smart Mobility, and by leveraging a Steps are being taken in the area around Lelystad Airport and its knowledge broker, a disruptive innovator with knowledge of business parks (LAB) to create a test centre for self-driving the industry and expertise in Smart Mobility.