Transport companies positive to geofencing for increased traffic safety.

“I would like to have it in all the trucks I drive in my profession, and I think it would be great if all vehicles had it. It provides a completely different level of safety, especially around 30 km/h zones near schools, for example,” says professional driver Ronny Johansson at Allmiljö.

The project was carried out during 2024 in central Enköping. Geofencing technology was installed in cars used by home care services in Enköping municipality, in garbage trucks and hauliers' trucks, as well as all city buses, which means that the vehicles cannot exceed the speed limits within the zone.

“We have done very well! We have had it active for a couple of months and are now up to 53 buses that are activated with geofencing. The drivers are very satisfied with the system and want us to expand it to all the vehicles we operate in Uppland,” says Jonas Möllergren, site manager at Keolis, who will continue to work with the system even after the project ends.

The technology used was partly Scania and Volvo's integrated systems, which are activated for a fee. In some of the vehicles, hardware from the Dutch project partner V-tron was installed. VTI - The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute followed up the project with studies on acceptance and speed measurements and confirms the picture that there is an acceptance for the purpose of the technology among the drivers.

In addition to questionnaires and interviews with the drivers, VTI also conducted a survey among the public in Enköping, and the engagement surprised the researchers.

“We received over 1500 responses to the survey and collected very good data on the traffic safety situation that the municipality will benefit from. Among other things, it emerged that about a quarter of all respondents thought that cars were driving too fast in Enköping,” says Christian Howard.

However, when it came to the measured speed levels, there was no major difference compared to before the project. This was probably due to the fact that the proportion of vehicles that were geofenced was only 3%, and that is too little to have any effect on traffic as a whole.

“Nevertheless, I believe that it is a solution that in the long term will be able to improve traffic safety on our streets if we include requirements for this technology in all our procurements of vehicles,” says Andrey Edemskiy, unit manager for Traffic and Mobility at Enköping municipality.

“Despite the fact that there are still obstacles to wider use of geofencing technology, HasT has shown that there is great interest among transport companies, mainly due to the potential for increased traffic safety and cost savings,” says project manager Rodrigue Al Fahel from CLOSER.

HasT was financed by Skyltfonden. The project manager was CLOSER (at Lindholmen Science Park) and other partners were Enköping municipality, VTI (The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute), V-tron, Keolis, Martin & Servera, Småfrakt, Dagab, Enköpings Åkeri and Allmiljö.

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