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19th ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 22/26 October 2012

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OPEN TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTION METHODS FOR TRANSPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND TRAVEL INFORMATION IN LARGE METROPOLITAN CITIES; THE CASE OF ATHENS George Sarros1, Yannis Tyrinopoulos2, Manuel Milli3, Lucia Locuratolo4, Vassilios Mizaras5, Maria Chatziathanasiou6, Annie Kortsari7 1,5

INFOTRIP SA, 387 Mesogion Av. 15341, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece, +30 210 6511690, gsarros@infotrip.gr 2 Technological Educational Institution of Athens (TEI), Agiou Spiridonos, 122 10, Egaleo, Greece, +30 210 6501712, ytyrin@certh.gr 3 SWARCO MIZAR SpA, Via Nizza 262/57, 10126, Torino, Italy, +39 011 6500411, manuel.milli@swarco.com 4 MAGNETI MARELLI, Via Carlo Emanuele 150 – Venaria Reale, Italy, +39 011 6879932, lucia.locuratolo@magnetimarelli.com 6,7 HELLENIC INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT (HIT), 357-359 Mesogion Av. 15232, Chalandri, Greece, +30 210 6501748, mariacha@certh.gr

Abstract Metropolitan areas face ever increasing demands on their transportation systems. The VIAJEO project, co-funded by the EC DG Research, addresses traffic planning and operation challenges in those areas by designing, implementing and demonstrating an open platform to process and share data from different sources. The project aims to demonstrate the results in four cities: Athens, Sao Paulo, Beijing and Shanghai. The demonstration in Athens integrates floating vehicle data with traffic data collected from a variety of sources. The expected results are to deliver a complete and operational platform capable of supporting mobility services, new data collection and processing tools for transport planners. The Athens site entail three main services: a) Taxi fleet management and traffic information, b) End-user multi modal trip planning and traffic information and c) Observatory for Public Authorities and Traffic Planners. The aim of this paper is to briefly present the services implemented and the benefits which are obtained by using VIAJEO innovative platform. A discussion follows about the use of the services by their target groups and their contribution to the Directive 2010/40/EU and the efficiency of overall mobility in metropolitan areas through the case of Athens. KEYWORDS Open platform, multi-modal trip planning, travel information, traffic content management, transport planning. 1. Introduction The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted, on July 7th 2010, the Directive 2010/40/EU regarding the common European deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transportation. This Directive establishes a framework in support of the coordinated, coherent deployment and use of ITS within the Union, specifically across the borders between the Member States and sets out the general conditions necessary for that purpose. This Directive applies to ITS applications and services in the field of road transport also to their interfaces with other modes of transportation. Interoperability, compatibility and continuity are necessary features for the operational use of ITS to be developed in the priority areas and in


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