Month: May 2026

As part of the latest MATIS Steering Committee meeting held in Portugal, partners had the opportunity to visit the Lusoponte Traffic Control Centre.

From strategy to operations

Stepping into Lusoponte’s Control Centre brought a new dimension to the project: seeing, in real time, how traffic management and emergency response work on the ground. From monitoring live traffic flows to coordinating rapid interventions, the level of precision, organisation and technology involved is simply impressive.
Witnessing these systems in action brings a whole new perspective. It is a powerful reminder of the critical role infrastructure operators play in ensuring safety, efficiency and resilience every single day.

The MATIS project extends its sincere thanks to the Lusoponte teams for their warm welcome and for sharing their expertise with the Steering Committee.

Two visits, one shared ambition

The Lusoponte visit was part of a broader programme of technical exchanges during this Portuguese Steering Committee. Partners also visited the Grupo Brisa Control Centre, where presentations on operations and innovation, followed by a tour of the control room, offered a complementary perspective on large-scale motorway management.

Together, these two visits illustrated the depth of operational expertise that Portuguese partners bring to MATIS.

On 16 April in Klagenfurt, MATIS contributed to the fifth X4ITS Steering Committee, sharing its evaluation approach as part of the European Corridor Coordination efforts.

A central topic of the day was the evaluation of ITS and C-ITS services: assessing implemented activities through the lens of road safety, network efficiency, and emissions reduction.

Christophe Boutin presented MATIS‘s activities and evaluation methodology, contributing to the cross-corridor alignment effort. MERIDIAN also shared its own evaluation approach, amendment process, and latest milestone achievements, enabling direct comparison between corridor projects.

Christophe Boutin’s presentation extended beyond the current project: he also covered the activities and evaluation methodology developed for MATIS 2, the follow-up project, illustrating the continuity of approach between the two phases of the programme.