• increasing demand for mobility in modern societies.... jams!

• better utilization of the existing infrastructure
• intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
• information guidance, advanced travellers information system (ATIS)

• a multidisciplinary approach to ITS
• use of artificial intelligence, multiagent systems for traffic management, control and simulation
• development of an open-source microscopic traffic simulator (basic infrastructure)
• use of the simulator to test approaches to:
• descentralized control of traffic signals
• route choice with richer models of drivers (mental states, preferences, etc.)