Viajeo project – supporting data exchange

Date: 4/11/2009

Source: ERTICO

Viajeo is the International Demonstrations of the Platform for Transport and Travel Information project, co-funded by the European Commission, DG Research for Specific International Cooperation Actions (SICA) and supported by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea.

The aims of the project are to create, demonstrate and validate an open platform which will enable information exchange and sharing among various stakeholders. This open platform will facilitate data exchange, centralise processed data from various sources and thus improve traveller information services, support transport management and more sustainable transport and city planning.

The demonstrations are planned to start from 2010 in a number of cities in Europe and partner countries Brazil and China:  Athens, São Paulo, Beijing and Shanghai. The cities have been chosen to serve as role models and encourage other cities and even countries to follow in their lead.

Project partners believe that informed travellers, transport operators and city planners, who are given comprehensive and high-quality information, will actively help reduce congestion and its negative environmental impact in urban areas. The project also looks to involve a wide range of stakeholders including end users, traffic managers, public authorities, service providers and research organisations. It is hoped that this multi-sector approach will allow for a comprehensive social, economic and environmental assessment of the implementation of the Viajeo’s open platform.

The project was officially launched in September 2009 and is scheduled to last for 36 months.  More information about the project is available on the Viajeo project web site.

ITS Radar International will monitor Viajeo

Keywords: Environment, European Commission, Project, Standard, Traffic centre, Traffic information, Traffic management