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From automated pods to invisible payments: more insights shaping our roads from Intertraffic Amsterdam thanks to SWARCO, Westcotec, TRL and AGD Systems
Episode 1531st March 2026 • Highways Voices: Talking Roads and Transport Technology innovation • Paul Hutton
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In this final bonus episode of Highways Voices from Intertraffic Amsterdam 2026, we bring you more conversations highlighting how innovation is already transforming transport systems, from airports to urban streets.

We hear how automated vehicles are moving staff around Schiphol Airport and pointing towards scalable platooned transport systems, while in cities, attention turns to logistics, where better freight access depends on political will, collaboration and smarter use of data to manage limited curb space and support more liveable environments. You’ll hear how parking is heading towards frictionless, invisible payments, while innovations like solar road studs show how infrastructure can be both safer and more sustainable.

Podcasts from Intertraffic are sponsored by SWARCO, Westcotec, AGD Systems and TRL.

Across the sector, data is the common thread. From market intelligence shaping strategy to real-time and predictive analytics improving traffic management, better insights are driving better decisions. Meanwhile, new sensing technologies, from fibre-optic monitoring to thermal detection, are enhancing safety, efficiency and resilience across the network.

From automation and analytics to safety and sustainability, this episode underlines how the transport sector is moving beyond ideas into real-world deployment, and delivering smarter, safer and more efficient networks today.

Our guests are:

  • Joost Ortjens - Director of EMEA and Corporate Development, Ohmio
  • Daniel Herrera Meek – Project and Parking Working Group Manager, POLIS
  • Tom Hedman – Vice President, Sales, Billogram
  • Ralph Bates – Head of Business Development (England & Wales), Clearview Intelligence
  • Sabine Röttgen – Market Intelligence, Jenoptik
  • Ralf-Peter Schäfer – VP Product Management, Traffic & Travel Information, TomTom
  • Matt Smith – National Technology Manager, Kier Infrastructure
  • Stefaan Pinck – VP Business Development (Traffic Solutions), FLIR

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