Key initiatives

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Key initiatives

• New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
  Summary of ER-Projects activities
• By Yvon Loyaerts
• Inspector general
• Walloon Ministry
• Equipment and Transport

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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities
K E Y I N I T I A T I V E S
TIS
Euroregional projects
Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• TIS
• July 2001 EU recommendations for a legal and
  business framework for participation of the
  private sector
• High priority for all Euroregional projects
• Pan-European view (eg corridor)

TIS
ER projects
Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• Ideal world

TIS
ER projects
Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• The Market
• Fast evolution of technologies
• Growing influence of private sector
• BUT
• Organisational aspects and
• commercial interests

TIS
ER projects
Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• Barriers
• Language dependence
• National/regional focus
• Responsible bodies
• Quality of information
• gt behaviour?

TIS
ER projects
Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• Objectives
• Deployment of high quality information (reliable,
  timely, accurate)
• Making public data available and easily
  accessible to private service provider
• Ensure continuity of services
• Harmonisation of services and data contents

TIS
ER projects
Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• Activities

TIS
ER projects

• Road side info
• Internet
• Radio
• Telephone enquiry
• In-vehicle navigation
• etc

• Real time traffic info
• Travel time
• Route guidance
• etc

Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• Pan European dimension

TIS
ER projects

• ALL ViaEuropa portal
• ARTS S-DSB, T-DAB project
• CENTRICO OTAP
• CORVETTE Travel time prediction, Via Alpin
  portal
• SERTI Webtraffic
• STREETWISE Transport Direct portal, OTAP
• VIKING NEMIS

Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• Role
• Stimulate market
• Ensure security of road users
• Ensure quality of information
• Harmonisation and continuity of services

TIS
ER projects
Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• Positioning
• Not evident/clear for public and private sector
• Road administrators/operators develop services
  for their users including TIS
• The public sector should help promoting private
  initiative
• The private sector invest also in new
  technologies, added-value services and in some
  cases can install their own monitoring systems
• gt PPP - commercialisation?

TIS
ER projects
Role
Positioning
2006
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New initiatives in Traveller Information Services
Summary of ER-Projects activities

• Discussion objective 2006
• Guarantee wider access to data and services in
  Europe on a equal basis and without
  discrimination

TIS
ER projects
Role
Positioning
2006