ESG1 – Europe-wide Traveller Information Continuity & Co-modality

Leader: Fahim Belarbi Many national and international information services on road and traffic conditions, including main cities, are discontinuous and not fully harmonised. They do not support inter- and co-modality as they are often mode specific. This can cause delays and costs for the European traveller and negative impact on the environment as the base for decisions before and during travel is not complete.

The European Study on Traveller Information Services will:

  • develop a common understanding of traveller information needs in a European context. Specific attention will be given to transport corridors, intermodal interfaces and travel planning possibilities;
  • support and guide the implementation of core traveller information services (which service levels are applied to which operating environment) defined by EasyWay;
  • develop co-ordinated deployment guidelines for identified services;
  • identify the need for regulations, directives and legislation that may be required;
  • initiate and carry out experiments and pilot projects including but not limited to ETTIN, (a common European Traffic and Traveller Information Number) Connecting Traffic Information Portals, and the International Ferry Data Pool Project;
  • develop a format for pilot project co-ordination at a European level;
  • Clarify the role and responsibility of the private sector versus the public one for building and providing traveller information services. The situation is very different from one country to another. There is a need for a clear picture and to identify the partnerships with the actors that are not in EasyWay; and
  • Identifying the minimum levels of service for traveller information services which are in line with the overall objectives of EasyWay. Depending on the considered network, a minimum level of service should be targeted for helping reducing congestion and accidents.

Moreover, the following issues, identified at the end of the TEMPO Programme, will also be addressed within the study:

  • consolidation and enhancement research in order to have an updated and prospective knowledge of user’s needs in the field of traveller information services.
  • market oriented requirements as a result of the availability of new services and technologies.

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