Greek police and Polytechnic enlist AI and digital twins to tackle Attica traffic

Artificial intelligence and digital twins are being brought into the fight against traffic congestion in Attica. The Hellenic Police and the National Technical University of Athens have begun cooperating on the development and evaluation of new tools for the Traffic Commander system.

The partnership was launched at a meeting on Wednesday, September 2, involving Attica General Police Director Athanasios Kambra, representatives of the university’s civil engineering school and the Polytechnic’s technical services directorate. The aim is to combine the police force’s operational experience with the university’s research expertise.

The traffic monitoring and control center of the Attica General Police Directorate will work with the university on developing, applying and assessing solutions designed to make road management more efficient and safer. The technologies under consideration include AI, digital twins and advanced data analysis.

Traffic Commander combines information from different data sources to give police a picture of road conditions and support operational decisions. Police officials say traffic is shaped not only by transport issues, but also by infrastructure, the movement of people and goods, driver behavior, technology, emergencies and civil protection.

After the meeting, university representatives visited the control center and watched Traffic Commander operating. The cooperation is intended to allow the partners to test proposed solutions under real-world conditions.