Profile

With more than 15 years of experience in the field of ITS, C-ITS and automated driving, Tom Alkim has been a constant factor for Rijkswaterstaat in exploring the opportunities to improve their primary processes in general and active traffic management in particular by looking for innovative solutions. Not for the sake of innovation itself but to improve traffic flow in the Netherlands in terms of throughput, safety and environmental impact.
Representing Rijkswaterstaat as a pro-active road operator striving to be a front runner in Europe regarding C-ITS and automated driving, his focus is on cooperation. Cooperation with industry, knowledge institutes and public organizations on a national as well as on an international level. Some of his activities in the past and present:
* several national FOTs (e.g. The Assisted Driver, AOS)
* various European projects (e.g. eIMPACT, CVIS, SAFESP OT, FOT-Net, EIP+)
* co-organised the Cooperative Mobility Showcase 2010 at the Intertraffic in Amsterdam
* one of the founding fathers of DITCM (Dutch Integrated Testsite Cooperative Mobility)
* standardization activities (ISO TC204WG18 / CEN TC278WG16 / Dutch standardization agenda)
* Amsterdam Group
* Cooperative ITS Corridor (Rotterdam - Frankfurt - Vienna)
* represent RWS in the workgroup to facilitate testing with automated vehicles in the Netherlands
* knowledge agenda automated driving
* European Truck Platooning challenge
These and many more activities have contributed to a national policy that embraces cooperative mobility and automated driving.

Presentation Material
Impact Assessment