Fintraffic studied the value of the traffic data economy with consultancy firm FLOU in December 2024. According to the study, the value of the traffic data economy in Finland has increased to EUR 500 million, more than EUR 50 million of which is produced by Fintraffic alone (+35% since 2022).

Traffic Management Company Fintraffic’s sustainability programme has been completed.

Europe has one of the safest railway networks in the world – major accidents are rare and significant accidents have decreased over the last two decades. The European Union Agency for Railways has published its 2024 report on railway safety and interoperability on the EU level. Figures shown in the report also demonstrate the safety of Finland’s railways, which is top tier on the European level.

The new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) of the European Union, which entered into force last September, sets increasingly stringent requirements for corporate sustainability reporting. This is also reflected in Fintraffic’s operations, where collection of data in accordance with the new requirements will commence in 2025. The first CSRD-compliant report is due to be published the following year.

In today’s data-driven world, enterprises are increasingly looking for ways to leverage and monetize their data. Data ecosystems, where data is shared and exchanged between different stakeholders, can provide a powerful way to create value from enterprise data.

For years traffic and transportation technology has been transforming the society. With the rapid pace of innovation comes new trends and exciting technologies that will take traffic and transportation into the future. Fintraffic's view about future traffic is seen in our Traffic 2030 Vision, in our goal to create the world’s safest and smoothest and lowest emissions traffic in Finland together with our partners. This blog post lists my personal view on TOP 10+1 technology trends that will shape the year 2024 of traffic and transportation.

Sitra’s first Most Interesting Data Economy Solutions in Finland list highlights the 24 most interesting data solutions from various industries and regions in Finland. The Port Activity application developed by Fintraffic and Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, as well as the rulebook work by Traffic Data Ecosystem, were both identified as successful examples of promoting data economy.

The new Fintraffic Mobile application brings real-time traffic data from Finnish roads and rail traffic to road users and rail passengers. The application utilises real-time data obtained directly from Fintraffic’s traffic centres. Location-based push notifications inform the user immediately when something abnormal happens nearby on the roads or on a preferred rail route.

The Digilog seminar was held for the second time this autumn, bringing together a wide range of professionals working in logistics. The presentations began with the Key Note speech from Fintraffic CEO Pia Julin.

Multimodality will be a game changer in the future! Traffic modes should no longer be treated as silos but rather handled jointly, as an overall traffic system. Fintraffic and Frequentis experts have written together a White Paper describing their joint vision for multimodal traffic management and control for the year 2030.

Bauer Media, the market leader in commercial radio, will start offering AI-enriched, real-time and local traffic announcements to radio listeners together with state-owned traffic management company Fintraffic. This is a socially significant project the kind of which has not previously been implemented in Finland.

The data economy will create hundreds of millions of euros in value for transport in Finland. In recent years, Fintraffic's role, which covers all modes of transport, has brought transport operators to the same table to jointly build a data-based traffic data ecosystem.