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2026

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The invisible backbone: Europe’s transport dependence on digital infrastructure

Authors (M-Five):
Julian Emmerich Icon, Dr. Wolfgang Schade Icon
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The project TRANSITOR maps Europe’s TEN-T corridors across all transport modes – considering physical and digital elements together – at regional level to give policymakers evidence on how exposed regions are to physical and cyber hazards, and how prepared they are.

This first story in a series of project insights looks at the often invisible digital layer: traffic management, field equipment and connectivity services used for communications and the exchange of information. Using maritime traffic management as an example, it shows how a failure in one region can be inherited by others.