Yunex Traffic, a global leader in the intelligent transportation industry, releases an Industry Trend Report for 2025, which offers expert insights into key technological and strategic trends that will shape the future of mobility and transport systems in 2025, including a rise in cloud adoption, enhanced connectivity, and AI-enabled solutions that have moved from testing to deployment, reshaping connected mobility with a focus on security and real-time data.

“Our Trend Report not only highlights the global challenges facing the ITS industry but also showcases the remarkable progress already achieved. Next-generation technologies have been implemented, validated, and are delivering tangible results today, providing a strong foundation for future advancements,” says Philipp Hahn, Chief Technology and Operations Officer at Yunex Traffic. “I believe it is important to remember that the industry and our customers do not need to reinvent but can deploy forward-looking solutions to address the sector’s major challenges by building on the solid groundwork laid in recent years.”

Technologies addressing key challenges faced by cities, road operators and mobility providers worldwide

In the report Yunex Traffic explores the global challenges of mobility management in the “Intelligent Age”, highlighting technological developments and trends that are transforming the ITS industry. Released alongside the World Economic Forum’s focus on industries adapting to rapid geo-economic and technological change, the report explores how advances in technologies are impacting global transport systems and their management – and thus, the ITS industry. The report examines external pressures on existing systems and presents concrete solutions that are already available today.

Key insights of the report:

  • Increased cloud adoption and enhanced connectivity: Looking ahead, the report outlines, that further developments in cloud infrastructure and connected mobility systems can be expected in the coming years. These developments will be driven by three key accelerators: Rising Cybersecurity requirements, growing demand for flexible and scalable computing power and a shift towards greater access to mobility data.
  • Security requirements of connected mobility will increase: The adoption of cloud technology, 5G, and IoT is driving smarter, safer connected mobility. Mobility management devices will require continuous updates and compliance with stricter cybersecurity regulations resulting in new device management approaches. Furthermore, new technologies for securing data exchange with global frameworks are expected to evolve.
  • AI-enabled or AI-enhanced solutions are now beyond the testing era: The ITS industry witnessed a major leap in AI development in 2024. AI has finally arrived in the industry, moving from testing to real solutions and use cases with impact.
  • Enhanced Predictive Capabilities with Digital Twins: Consequently, the advancements in cloud adoption and connectivity will further drive significant progress in digital twin technology for the ITS industry. Real-time data from connected devices, enabled through integrated IoT platforms and evolving AI capabilities will improve digital twin models.
  • Satellite-based digital tolling solutions enable new financing models: With declining fuel tax revenues due to fuel-efficient and electric vehicles, governments are adopting road pricing to fund infrastructure. Advancements in GNSS technology and smartphone connectivity enable a shift from flat-rate tolls to fairer, distance-based systems, such as Europe’s transition to distance-based truck tolling.
  • United by global Challenges, with groundwork already in place: Yunex Traffic has identified key challenges shared by cities, authorities, agencies, and road network operators worldwide. Encouragingly, these challenges do not require futuristic answers alone. Proven technologies and approaches already exist to tackle these issues today, paving the way for more sustainable, more efficient, and safer mobility systems across the globe. The breakthroughs of 2024 have demonstrated the potential of state-of-the-art solutions, setting the stage for broader rollouts, further technological improvements and implementations anticipated in 2025.

As a valued, long-standing Partner of ERTICO – ITS Europe, CEO Joost Vantomme had the great pleasure of contributing with his insight on innovative technologies and digitalisation of transport, “Data sharing is at the core of the transformative shifts we see in the transport and mobility industry. By increasing connectivity and enabling faster, more accurate information flows, we can make real-time decisions that directly support efforts towards more sustainable and more efficient mobility. Whether through road safety, real-time traffic alerts or advanced access regulations in urban areas, data sharing helps create smarter, more efficient systems. Advanced AI can enhance the fusing of real-time data coming from sensors, cameras, road infrastructure and its users to enable the automation and intelligence needed for the future of mobility, making our transportation systems smarter, safer and more sustainable.”

The Trend Report 2025 is now available for download on the Yunex Traffic website via www.yunextraffic.com/trendreport2025

Source: Yunex Traffic