On 16 December 2008 the European Commission adopted an ITS Action Plan (COM (2008) 886) for road transport and interfaces with other modes. One of the key priority areas involves optimal use of road, traffic and travel data. The scope of this study falls within Actions 1.1 and 1.4 of the ITS Action Plan, as follows: Action 1.1 Definition of procedures for the provision of EU-wide real-time traffic and travel information services, addressing notably the following aspects: • provision of traffic information services by the private sector, • provision of traffic regulation data by the transport authorities, • guaranteed access by public authorities to safety-related information collected by private companies, • guaranteed access by private companies to relevant public data. Action 1.4 Definition of specifications for data and procedures for the free provision of minimum universal traffic information services (including definition of the repository of messages to be provided) he general objective of this study is therefore to support the following two areas. Guarantee Access to Data: • ensure a fair and transparent access to public traffic and travel related data, • promote public-private co-operation to improve traffic and travel information, • increase data quality and improve multi-modal co-operation, • encourage (cross-border) data exchange. Free Universal Minimum Service: • make safety-related, traffic information available to public authorities, • ensure free minimum traffic services for all travellers, • harmonise a Europe-wide free minimum service, • develop suitable organisational models. The specific objective of this report is to provide an analysis of the Internet consultation and results of the Workshop, held in Brussels on June 21, 2010. (Author/publisher) For more information, see http://ec.europa.eu/transport/its/studies/its_en.htm
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