Brussels, 18/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - New rules have been proposed by the European Commission to improve the dissemination of traffic information to EU road users. On Thursday 18 December, the European Commission presented delegated acts for drawing up technical specifications on the access, exchange, re-use and updating of road traffic data and to provide traffic information in real time. The information in question relates to accidents, roadworks and road closures, as well as weather forecasts.
These delegated acts are part of the European directive on smart transport systems, adopted in 2010 and part of the six priority action areas introduced by Directive 2010/40/EU. These technical specifications will be available for the authorities in charge of road transport, motorway operators and service providers, so that real-time information services are interoperable throughout the Trans-European Network for transport, by way of harmonised standards. Precautions on anonymity and data protection are also part of these delegated acts. (MD)