TISA presented at ITS Forum 2018 in Utrecht

The ITS Forum was a 2-day event organised by the EU EIP Platform on 14 and 15 November, with this edition focusing on Traffic management in a changing world hosted in Utrech, the Netherlands. The event attracted almost 200 participants from all over Europe and was attended by important stakeholders of the traffic management sector and by key policy players, such as the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Mrs Cora van Nieuwenhuizen and Mr Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director General for Mobility and Transport, DG MOVE, European Commission.

As an organisation which scope is to provide traffic and travel information services and products worldwide, TISA was present at the event and was represented by TISA Coordinator Stephanie Chaufton and ERTICO’s Director of Innovation and Deployment, Dr. Johanna Tzanidaki.

Stephanie Chaufton contributed to a session called “Best Practices in Traffic Information Services”, which gathered road operators, traffic managers, service providers.

The session provided an update on the expectations of the European Commission with an overview of delegated regulations and their impact on ITS deployment and Ms. Chaufton presented TISA’s work as project partner in a presentation called “TISA – link to the end user in the traffic information value chain”.

TISA acts as a moderator in finding consensus among all stakeholders when it comes to aligning unambiguous interpretation of traffic information, therefore, the presentation focused on TISA’s priority actions, the quality of traffic information and use cases under development.

TISA’s joint effort and task force were presented, in particular the joint work with DATEX and Amsterdam Group to define a list of categories of safety related traffic information (e.g.  temporary slippery road, animal/people/obstacles/debris on the road, etc.) and with the EU-EIP to help stakeholders agree on a harmonised approach with a Uniform Declaration of Compliance Form.

TISA’s joint effort with the EU-EIP was also important to bring stakeholders together to recognise and agree on the need for a harmonised approach with the Compliance Form, which aims at facilitating a common understanding of cross-border traffic data in different EU Member States.

In its evolution, the latest outcome of the Compliance Form is a distinction between road operators, authorities, digital maps producers and service providers, together with explanatory terms to facilitate common understanding among Member States.

Dr. Johanna Tzanidaki from ERTICO – ITS Europe participated as speaker on behalf of TISA at the closing panel session of this event, where key stakeholders shared their thoughts and results of the event.

Being part of an event gathering Europe’s most important players in the traffic management sector proves TISA’s consolidated role in the sector.