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Data Integration Requirements of European Cities for Transport

Project

DIRECT - Data Integration Requirements of European Cities for Transport


Funding origin:
European
European Union
STRIA Roadmaps:
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Network and traffic management systems
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1998,
End date: 01/12/1999

Status: Finished
Funding details:

Overview

Background & policy context:

Transport problems in cities are being tackled in the short term through traffic management techniques such as traffic signal control and real-time travel information. They are also being addressed by longer-term transport planning and infrastructure investment. To maximise the cost-effectiveness of these strategies, data needs to be transferred - both between traffic management systems and from these systems to the planning models. At present, little integration exists. This results in inflated data collection costs and planning based on inadequate historic data

Objectives:

The aim of the DIRECT project was to develop a Transport Data Sharing Structure (TDSS), providing software tools and a procedural framework to permit the exchange of information between organisations. This was to provide a first step towards the definition of possible European standards.

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