At the ITS European Congress in Istanbul, TISGRADE was highlighted in discussions on how to develop a European public-private ecosystem for Traffic Management Information Services (TMIS). A key question during a dedicated session was how public and private stakeholders can work together more effectively to ensure accurate and timely traffic information across Europe. The session brought together representatives from both sectors. Public partners included NDW and Austriatech, while the private sector was represented by Google and HERE Technologies.
A central message from the discussion was that Europe is already making progress in strengthening public-private collaboration through initiatives such as NAPCORE and TISGRADE. However, speakers emphasised that continued cooperation is essential. While the shared goal remains to provide road users with reliable, real-time traffic information, this requires data that accurately reflects real-world conditions.
The discussion also highlighted a shift towards “mutual fact-finding”, where public and private partners increasingly work together to validate and improve data quality. This collaborative approach is seen as a key step in ensuring more consistent and trustworthy traffic information services across Europe.
On the final day of the Congress, TISGRADE was again featured in a related discussion. Christian Kleine (HERE Technologies) presented how the project is working towards establishing a public-private feedback loop on data quality.
Currently, traffic data exchange such as maximum speed information is largely unidirectional, with road authorities providing data through frameworks like TN-ITS. Within TISGRADE, this model will be further developed towards a more interactive approach, where service providers can also feedback insights on data quality to road authorities.
Across several pre-deployment validation locations in Europe, this feedback loop will be tested in practice. The outcomes will contribute to recommendations for a future standard, followed by potential implementation at European level.
The long-term ambition is to move from one-off data corrections towards a continuous data quality cycle, enabling more reliable and up-to-date traffic information for all road users. Initiatives such as TISGRADE and NAPCORE are helping to lay the foundation for this evolving European ecosystem for traffic information services.