Copyright: WyŜsza Szkola Logistyki, Poznań, Polska Citation: Sonntag H., Behnke Ch., Meimbresse B., 2009, Potentials of Intuitive Routing supported by On-Board-Traffic- Information in Metropolitan Areas - Project MINERVA. LogForum 5, 4, 1 URL: http://www.logforum.net/vol5/issue4/no1 Accepted: 30.11.2009, on-line: 11.12.2009. LogForum > Electronic Scientific Journal of Logistics < ISSN 1734-459X 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 4 No 1 http://www.logforum.net POTENTIALS OF INTUITIVE ROUTING SUPPORTED BY ON- BOARD-TRAFFIC-INFORMATION IN METROPOLITAN AREAS - PROJECT MINERVA Herbert Sonntag, Christine Behnke, Bertram Meimbresse University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Wildau, Germany ABSTRACT. The paper sums up the results of the research project MINERVA. The Minerva system contains the supply of up-to-date traffic information of the current tour area for the driver on a mobile device as a technical intention. Scientific result will be the conclusions in what quantity the routing of the driver changed by support with traffic information and of which quality the intuitive routing comparing to the dynamic routing is. Key words: traffic, congestion, fuel consumption, GPS. INTRODUCTION AND TASK The present traffic situation in urban areas is due to ad hoc occurring and unforeseeable congestions - like accidents, rescue operations and events - hard to predict. Road hauliers suffer from the situation because drivers are mostly not informed about it. Delays are often the consequence and delivery time windows could not be met. On the one hand traffic information that is available for the drivers is often unfiltered, unsorted, incomplete, out of date and very often simply not available for the driver in time for decision making. On the other hand comprehensive traffic information based on detection systems, road work site records and prognosis algorithms is available in the traffic management offices and is partly published via Internet, information boards alongside roads and broadcasting. Basic approaches for a reduction of the negative effects of the increasing road traffic are avoiding and relocating of road traffic as well as compliant organising and harmonising the remaining traffic. Routing support is an instrument of traffic harmonisation. Road traffic network in urban areas is because of its density of high complexity. For road users there are various alternatives to move from start point to destination. The distances of many of the alternatives differ only marginal. Travel times in contrast can vary much, because of different traffic load levels. In respect to the time axis there are the following possibilities of information as routing support: - Pre-trip-information: - Information from maps and navigation approaches via Internet about routes - Traffic management information via broadcasting and television