1. A harmonized approach towards National Access Points for Information Services in Europe Paper co-authored by: . Ronald Jorna, Mobycon, NL Louis Hendriks, RWS, NL Jacqueline Barr, IBI Group, UK

2. Facts and figures
In 1606 Willem Janszoon (Dutch) was first European to set foot on Australia
Australia is 200 times bigger than The Netherlands
Biggest farm in Australia is 3 times bigger than the total area of the Netherlands
Mobycon is a traffic & transport consulting firm in The Netherlands

3. Content of presentation
Delegated Regulations from the European Commission
Example: delegated regulation on RTTI
Examples of National Access Points
European ITS Platform projects
EU EIP activity 4.6 about National Access Points
Harmonisation and knowledge exchange

4. Background & Motivation

5. National Point of Access
Purpose of delegated regulations for priority actions b, c and e:
“….ensure compatibility, interoperability and continuity for the deployment and operational use of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for the provision of EU-wide traffic information services.”
…one national access point per country containing (access to) all traffic related information
....sharing, data exchange, seamless & harmonised approach, access point……

6. Delegated Regulation 2015/962 for RTTI - (b)
Applies from 13 July 2017
RTTI includes: static road data, dynamic road status data & traffic data
Trans-European road network (& relevant priority zones)
Existing data collected by road authorities, road operators & service providers
Member States have to set up a national access point
Requires discovery service that uses metadata
DATEX II or any machine-readable format
Commercial agreements
Member States assessments & declarations of compliance

8. National Access Points: European ITS Platform Projects
Three related projects:
EIP
EIP+
EU EIP
In all three EIP projects activity on National Point of Access:
EIP Truck Parking (e) & Safety Related Traffic Information (c)
EIP+ + Real-Time Traffic Information, RTTI (b)
EU EIP All types of information (b, c, e, (multimodal (a))

9. EIP+ Survey findings (1)
September 2015 Status:
Generally high level of knowledge of ITS Directive and delegated regulations
Data availability: static was considered most widely available
Existing national access points:
Six for SRTI
One for truck parking
Two for RTTI
Legislative issues: mixed response on obliging private road operators to provide data

10. EIP+ Survey findings (2)
Issues raised:
Limited real-time data
Complexities of including private sector
Required resources to set up and maintain (financial, personnel)
Costs implications of providing the required metadata
Assessing compliance and data quality
Regulations are open to different interpretations
Lack of standardised exchange format for ITS related static road data €

11. EU EIP SA4.6
Sub-activity 4.6: Monitoring and harmonisation of
National Access Points
Period: 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2018
Activities:
annual monitoring of NAP developments in Europe concerning the implementations for priority actions b, c and e (possibly also a)
validation of common Level of Service for NAPs (e.g. 24/7 accessibility, security, number of parallel users, etc.)
further recommendations for harmonisation
knowledge platform for National Access Points in Europe.

12. Knowledge exchange and harmonisation
Actors involved
European Commission
Regulation
Knowledge exchange and harmonisation
Implementation
Data suppliers
Member States
European ITS Platform
NAP
National Body
Service Providers

13. Need for harmonisation
Progress has and is being made, but further work required:
harmonisation of metadata to allow better searching for needed data
harmonisation of Declaration of Compliance for the assessment of compliance to the delegated regulations
harmonisation of DATEX II profiles for RTTI
harmonisation of the definition of data
harmonisation of the interpretation of the delegated regulations between the various EU Member States

14. Focus: Assessment of compliance
Observations:
Implementation of NAPs (very) slow  EC
If data providers or service providers are active in more than one country, they could be faced with >20 different formats, languages and rules for the declaration of conformity  data/service providers
If no uniform forms and rules, national bodies have to deal/argue with >200 different data/service providers  national bodies
Conclusion:
one uniform Declaration of Compliance form needed in English and/or national language  everybody
Joint effort of EU EIP and TISA to produce a uniform Declaration of Compliance form  workshop on 7 November 2016 in Brussels

15. DATEX II For Safe and Secure Truck Parking:
DATEX II profiles available
Parking Publications are part of DATEX 2.3
CROCODILE middleware specification for truck parking
For SRTI:
A user guideline has been developed to set up a DATEX II profile for SRTI messages
No profiles for SRTI
CROCODILE middleware specification for SRTI
But still quite some open issues:
Differences in profiles between countries/legacy systems
Low level of knowledge about DATEX II
Complexity of DATEX II

16. Summary
EU countries well aware of the delegated regulations and progress has and is being made
Implementation delayed in quite some countries and tendency to implement ‘minimum’ access point
Harmonisation activities are needed to create favourable conditions for new ITS services
Need for greater private sector engagement (data and service providers)
Key issues: harmonisation of self-assessment, DATEX II and metadata
Exchange of experiences is important
key function of the European ITS Platform: to support & harmonise ITS deployment

17. i More information? Ronald Jorna, Mobycon r.jorna@mobycon.nl
Louis Hendriks, RWS
Jacqueline Barr, IBI Group
EU EIP Project
EIP Deliverables & SPA Coordinated Metadata Catalogue i