OPEN TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTION METHODS FOR TRANSPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND TRAVEL INFORMATION IN LARGE METROPOLITAN CITIES; THE CASE OF ATHENS

摘要

Metropolitan areas face ever increasing demands on their transportation systems. TheVIAJEO project, co-funded by the EC DG Research, addresses traffic planning and operationchallenges in those areas by designing, implementing and demonstrating an open platform toprocess and share data from different sources. The project aims to demonstrate the results infour cities: Athens, Sao Paulo, Beijing and Shanghai. The demonstration in Athens integratesfloating vehicle data with traffic data collected from a variety of sources. The expected resultsare to deliver a complete and operational platform capable of supporting mobility services,new data collection and processing tools for transport planners. The Athens site entail threemain services: a) Taxi fleet management and traffic information, b) End-user multi modal tripplanning and traffic information and c) Observatory for Public Authorities and TrafficPlanners. The aim of this paper is to briefly present the services implemented and the benefitswhich are obtained by using VIAJEO innovative platform. A discussion follows about the useof the services by their target groups and their contribution to the Directive 2010/40/EU andthe efficiency of overall mobility in metropolitan areas through the case of Athens.