Recap Webinar: “The Path to RTTI Compliance – Navigating the European Regulation of 2025”

Thank you to all participants for joining this collaborative webinar. We had the opportunity to explore key insights and practical steps towards compliance with the RTTI regulation, effective from January 1, 2025.

We hope you found the presentations and discussions by experts from the Netherlands and Finland insightful as we navigate the opportunities and challenges in real-time traffic information and mobility.

A sincere thank you to our presenters for their insightful and informative presentations. We appreciate Thomas Coolen, Annet van Veenendaal, Mika Ahvenainen, and Olli Rossi for sharing their expertise on RTTI regulation and implementation. Their perspectives on the challenges, achievements, and future direction of real-time traffic information have provided valuable guidance to everyone involved in the transport and mobility sector.

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Presentations

Annet van Veenendaal: Theme manager public private collaboration at NDW

Title: Status of the EU public private alignment on implementation of the revised RTTI DR ánd how to proceed!

Annet spoke about the progress made in aligning public and private stakeholders on the revised RTTI Delegated Regulation. She highlighted the collaboration within the RTTI Task Force, the challenges encountered in achieving high-quality data standards, and the critical role of public-private partnerships in meeting regulatory requirements. The discussion covered the current state of implementation and outlined clear steps to advance alignment and compliance.

Takeaways:

• Public-private alignment on RTTI is progressing, but full compliance with the revised Delegated Regulation is still a challenge.
• Clear steps are needed to ensure high-quality data and successful implementation.
• Collaboration in the RTTI Task Force and the TISA Consortium is key to overcoming data quality challenges
• The upcoming CEF proposal aims to support infrastructure and innovation for RTTI implementation.
• Continuous stakeholder engagement is essential to drive forward RTTI implementation effectively.

Thomas Coolen: Communitymanager at Nationaal Toegangspunt Mobiliteitsdata

Title: The pragmatic Dutch approach to the RTTI 
Subtitle: How legislation helps reach national goals, the challenges we face and the lessons we learn along the way 

Thomas discussed the collaborative efforts among stakeholders like the Ministry of Infrastructure, road authorities, and regional teams to create and use data for road users. The Netherlands aims to go beyond RTTI compliance, focusing on key data types like speed limits and road closures to create valuable services. He highlighted ongoing improvements in data collection and validation, while addressing challenges like budget constraints and workforce shortages. Thomas emphasized the role of RTTI in improving safety, traffic management, and decision-making.

Takeaways:

• The Netherlands prioritizes valuable services over mere RTTI compliance.
• Regional data teams are essential for RTTI success.
• The focus is on improving the entire data journey, from collection to application.
• Automation will reduce future workload for road operators.
• The goal is safer, more efficient travel through reliable data.

Road operators are encouraged to embrace digital processes and skills to support the transition.

Mika Ahvenainen: Development Manager, national RTTI access point (NAP) operator, Fintraffic

Title: The role of the national access point (NAP) in RTTI implementation in Finland

Mika highlighted the importance of data ecosystems, collaboration between data providers, and the provision of technical support to facilitate RTTI implementation. The goal is to enhance data collection, harmonization, and delivery to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of Finland’s transport network. The vision for 2027 includes a unified, comprehensive NAP that supports the entire data value chain.

Takeaways:

• Fintraffic manages Finland’s transport data and promotes sustainability.
• The ecosystem fosters public-private collaboration for new services.
• Fintraffic supports RTTI with technical assistance and harmonized data.
• Over 300 municipalities contribute to RTTI development.
• Fintraffic harmonizes national traffic data collection.
• By 2027, Fintraffic aims for one NAP handling all traffic data.
• Traffic camera images provide key insights into traffic and weather.

Olli Rossi: Head of Unit, Traffic lights and Automated speed enforcement Unit, Fintraffic

Title: Driving RTTI compliance: Fintraffic Road’s roadmap for 2025 and beyond

Olli presented Fintraffic Road’s roadmap for RTTI compliance, detailing Fintraffic’s role in managing Finland’s traffic systems and data. He highlighted a study conducted with national agencies to clarify RTTI data requirements. Key data types for RTTI compliance were discussed, along with their alignment with national legislation. Rossi also emphasized integrating real-time traffic data and external sources for effective traffic management.

Takeaways:

• Fintraffic manages Finland’s traffic data and RTTI compliance.
• Collaboration with national agencies to define data requirements.
• Key data types must be shared per RTTI guidelines.
• Real-time data integration is crucial for traffic management.

Upcoming events

This webinar marks one of the collaborations activities between Nordic+ & Connekt/ITS Netherlands. Looking forward to 2025 with more webinars to come and live meetings from Nordic+ & Connekt/ITS Netherlands, including future live events such as ITS Europe Congress Seville  (May 2025).     

More information will come, stay updated by the linkedin profile.

Questions or more information? 

Please don’t hesitate to contact Marije de Nijs – Connekt/ITS Netherlands.