Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

— Priority area I: Optimal use of road, traffic and travel data

The specifications and standards for an optimal use of road, traffic and travel data shall include the following:

1. Specifications for priority action (a)

The definition of the necessary requirements to make EU-wide multimodal travel information services accurate and available across borders to ITS users, based on:

• the availability and accessibility of existing and accurate road and real-time traffic data used for multimodal travel information to ITS service providers without prejudice to safety and transport management constraints,

• the facilitation of the electronic data exchange between the relevant public authorities and stakeholders and the relevant ITS service providers, across borders,

• the timely updating of available road and traffic data used for multimodal travel information by the relevant public authorities and stakeholders,

• the timely updating of multimodal travel information by the ITS service providers.

2. Specifications for priority action (b)

The definition of the necessary requirements to make EU-wide real-time traffic information services accurate and available across borders to ITS users, based on:

• the availability and accessibility of existing and accurate road and real-time traffic data used for real-time traffic information to ITS service providers without prejudice to safety and transport management constraints,

• the facilitation of the electronic data exchange between the relevant public authorities and stakeholders and the relevant ITS service providers, across borders,

• the timely updating of available road and traffic data used for real-time traffic information by the relevant public authorities and stakeholders,

• the timely updating of real-time traffic information by the ITS service providers.

3. Specifications for priority actions (a) and (b)

3.1. The definition of the necessary requirements for the collection by relevant public authorities and/or, where relevant, by the private sector of road and traffic data (i.e. traffic circulation plans, traffic regulations and recommended routes, notably for heavy goods vehicles) and for their provisioning to ITS service providers, based on:

• the availability, to ITS service providers, of existing road and traffic data (i.e. traffic circulation plans, traffic regulations and recommended routes) collected by the relevant public authorities and/or the private sector,

• the facilitation of the electronic data exchange between the relevant public authorities and the ITS service providers,

• the timely updating, by the relevant public authorities and/or, where relevant, the private sector, of road and traffic data (i.e. traffic circulation plans, traffic regulations and recommended routes),

• the timely updating, by the ITS service providers, of the ITS services and applications using these road and traffic data.

3.2. The definition of the necessary requirements to make road, traffic and transport services data used for digital maps accurate and available, where possible, to digital map producers and service providers, based on:

• the availability of existing road and traffic data used for digital maps to digital map producers and service providers,

• the facilitation of the electronic data exchange between the relevant public authorities and stakeholders and the private digital map producers and service providers,

• the timely updating of road and traffic data for digital maps by the relevant public authorities and stakeholders,

• the timely updating of the digital maps by the digital map producers and service providers.

4. Specifications for priority action (c)

The definition of minimum requirements, for road safety related ‘universal traffic information’ provided, where possible, free of charge to all users, as well as their minimum content, based on:

• the identification and use of a standardised list of safety related traffic events (‘universal traffic messages’) which should be communicated to ITS users free of charge,

• The compatibility and the integration of ‘universal traffic messages’ into ITS services for real-time traffic and multimodal travel information.