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Video about national access points
The international project NAPCORE - National Access Point Cooperation ORganisation for Europe has produced a short video about what national access points are and why we have them. Watch the film below!
Revised ITS Directive adopted in the EU on 23 October 2023!
Almost two years after the Commission presented its proposal for a revised ITS Directive, a new version was adopted by the Council on 23 October. The main goal of the revised directive is to take account of the technological developments of the past 13 years, such as automated mobility and multimodal transport.
It also aims to accelerate the provision of data and improve the interoperability of data and ITS services. This forms part of the foundation needed for vehicles and road infrastructure to be able to communicate with each other, for example to warn of unexpected incidents.
The directive expands the scope to cover new services such as multimodal information, ticketing and booking services, communication between vehicles and infrastructure, and automated mobility.
It also sets requirements for the digitalisation of important information such as speed limits, roadworks and multimodal hubs, and for the delivery of important services. The benefits for travellers will include, among other things, better access to real-time information.
The directive retains the framework nature of the ITS Directive from 2010 with its associated delegated acts. The revised directive therefore contains a work programme covering at least the next 5 years. It also contains provisions on which road network data is required from.
The necessary types of data, including access restrictions for tunnels and bridges, speed limits, traffic management plans, permanent access restrictions, road closures, roadworks, temporary traffic management measures, as well as the critical services, such as safety-related traffic information services, are specified in the annexes to the new directive. Such information is to be made available throughout the Union.
After the formal adoption in the Council, the new directive will be published in the EU's Official Journal and enter into force on the twentieth day after this publication. This will happen over the coming weeks. The member states will have 24 months after the entry into force of the new directive to comply with its provisions.
In Norway, the directive will follow the normal procedure for incorporation into the EEA Agreement and Norwegian legislation.
The full press release from the Council can be read here.
18/06-2021: We are on our way towards an integrated mobility market - both in Norway and in Europe
We look to the future with anticipation. Who knows whether passenger transport will mostly run on rails, on roads, in the air, in airtight tubes or something else entirely. What we know for certain is that we will continue to move around, that it must be sustainable, and that we need good digital infrastructure to achieve it.
As part of the EU's ITS Directive, all of us who operate passenger transport companies and companies connected to the transport sector in Norway are therefore required to deliver road and transport data to a national access point for transport data in Norway. Data is to be collected and refined by Entur and Statens vegvesen through the national access point Transportportal.no, based on standards laid down by Jernbanedirektoratet and Statens vegvesen.
In this work, we will together establish standards for data that is to be made available and shared openly. This makes it possible for all actors within transport, adjacent sectors and private companies working on the development of new digital travel-related products to obtain valuable information about travel routes, travel patterns and changes in needs, both in real time and in a future perspective. Think of the added value this can bring to the individual company, in the form of optimising its own operations, and to regions and areas in the form of increased accessibility for visitors.
The purpose of ITS is to achieve coherent and interoperable services in a robust and well-functioning digital ecosystem for the whole of Europe. For end users, both nationally and to and within Europe, it will become easier to choose sustainable mobility. Together, therefore, we contribute through this work to a greener future for everyone. It also opens up more travel and product development opportunities for end users, actors and businesses. Places that perhaps were not so accessible before can now become easier to reach. And for the sector, we achieve better use of resources and open up scope for developing new products and services.
Now an active phase begins with the gathering of information and data. An information circular will be issued by Statens vegvesen and Jernbanedirektoratet shortly, explaining more about how this affects your business.
The work is divided into the following work streams:
- Stop place, route and real-time data for all scheduled transport, including flexible transport
- Micromobility (e.g. e-scooters and city bikes), car sharing, city cars and the like
- Taxi and similar on-demand transport
- Car rental and the like
- Parking
- Energy stations, i.e. petrol stations, charging stations and the like
- Ridesharing
- Others who collect relevant data
If you are interested in more information or in getting involved in the work, send an email to kontakt@transportportal.no.
Together we go further!