On Wednesday, Transport Committee MEPs voted on new clever highway transport techniques guidelines to spice up digitalisation within the transport sector, to higher join completely different mobility apps, and to make sure wider knowledge sharing. Clever transport techniques (ITS) apply info and communication applied sciences, comparable to, journey planner or eCall, to make mobility safer, extra environment friendly and cozy.
Extra knowledge for mobility apps
The Transport and Tourism Committee helps extending the scope of the brand new guidelines to cowl extra rising providers, comparable to multimodal info, reserving and ticketing providers, communication between vehicles and infrastructure, and automatic mobility. Nevertheless, MEPs need extra essential highway and site visitors knowledge to be made obtainable digitally and thru an applicable person interface. Along with velocity limits, site visitors circulation plans or roadworks, they counsel the inclusion of knowledge on different fuels infrastructure, accidents, a technique streets or poor highway circumstances.
MEPs need the deployment of ITS providers to be technologically impartial, not discriminate towards explicit highway customers, and checklist the environmental influence of mobility choices provided to shoppers.
With a view to guarantee easy transport throughout borders, the Transport Committee additionally urges EU member states to higher cooperate when deploying ITS providers, via the sharing of greatest practices and joint tasks.
“Clever Transport Techniques will save lives, so we have to guarantee they’re know-how impartial, suitable and interoperable with different functions. We also needs to keep away from discrimination in entry to ITS functions and providers, maintaining in thoughts the wants of weak customers,” stated rapporteur Rovana Plumb (S&D, RO).
The draft negotiating mandate was authorised by 39 votes in favour and eight abstentions. Transport Committee MEPs additionally backed a call to begin talks with member states on the ultimate form of the laws by 42 votes in favour and 4 abstentions, as soon as plenary has given its inexperienced mild.
