A consortium involving IT companies Siemens and IBM, satellite navigation system maker TomTom, telecoms group KPN and research institute TNO has come up with a system which they claim will reduce traffic jams to a maximum three kilometres, the Telegraaf reports on Monday.

The paper says the companies want the government to invest €1bn in the plan and will guarantee the system brings results to the urban central belt and Noord-Brabant province, where jams are at their worst.
The scheme involves building sensors into roads which will react to traffic conditions and vary the speed limit.
The sensors will also make sure in-car screens keep motorists in touch with the fastest route to their destination , the paper says.
Labour, the biggest opposition party, supports the plans and says infrastructure minister Melanie Schultz would be ‘mad’ not to invest the money.