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https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27432/critical-issues-in-transportation-for-2024-and-beyond

Legislative, Commercial and Organizatory Framework of ITS Services

Liikennetelemaattisten tuotteiden ja palvelujen pelisaannot

The basic problem of the research area is the novelty of transport telematics. This means, firstly, that the large-scale use of basic data is only just starting, and, secondly, that no uniform practices or data policies have yet formed. The objective of the study was to explore the basic problems in the production and dissemination of basic data for ITS applications and make recommendations for solutions. The study covers the administrative area of the Ministry of Transport and Communications and certain closely related areas. The study is divided into a survey (describing the present situation) and a research phase. The survey was performed using interviews to establish which kind of legislative, commercial and organizational barriers there are for the realization of ITS services and products. The role of the government, the availability of the basic data generated by state authorities, pricing of data and copyright issues became the focal points of the study. Judicial questions were e.g. copyright and other rights and responsibilities such as the legal protection of databases and catalogues, ownership, right of use, right of commercial utilization as well as the responsibility of the data producer for the correctness and processing of the material. Based on the survey the following cases were examined in the research phase: (1) geographic information, (2) the DIGIROAD road database of the Road Administration, (3) weather data, (4) data on road conditions, traffic data and incidents on the road network and (5) the national Public Transport Portal. The following could be concluded concerning the role of the government and the pricing of the services of authorities: State authorities under the Ministry of Transport and Communications should particularly take into account the goals of the national transport policy and price the data they produce so that the development of ITS services is supported. Thus, a price level below cost price, covering only the actual transmission costs, or there being no charge at all, should be the point of departure. It was observed that this starting point is becoming more predominant throughout the European Union. It was also concluded that the present legislation about the pricing of the services of state authorities does not provide clear answers to potential questions concerning the pricing of services in the area in question. The law in force gives considerable freedom in making pricing decisions. For copyright issues, a conclusion was made that the statutes about copyright and some other related questions (legal protection of databases and catalogues) are complex and open to interpretation, and that copyright issues must be evaluated case by case. The key significance of copyright and protection questions for the government is that the authorities must be able to have a permanent control over their data resources and be able to decide on whether or not, and how, they put their copyrighted material at others' disposal. This report is available at http://www.vtt.fi/rte/projects/fits/ or http://www.mintc.fi

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  • Accession Number: 01015277
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: TRL
  • ISBN: 951-723-774-X
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Jan 12 2006 8:55AM