The session aimed to guide cities through the regulatory context and offer a practical step-by-step approach to TCP digitalisation. Tiffany Vlemmings from the European Commission outlined the legal framework, focusing on the 2023 revision of the ITS Directive and the Real-Time Traffic Information (RTTI) Delegated Regulation. These set out obligations for making traffic data—like TCPs—available and accessible via National Access Points (NAPs). The directive introduces stricter requirements for digital data provision by urban nodes from 2028 onward.

The POLIS RTTI Task Force, comprising six cities, was established to address gaps in coordination and promote harmonised approaches to digitising TCPs. The session highlighted the benefits of RTTI, including safer, more efficient navigation and foundations for automated mobility. However, local authorities face challenges such as data inconsistency, limited access, user preference misalignment, and complex policy integration.

Gerard van Dijck of CROW presented a step-by-step approach to digitising TCPs, beginning with road classification and regulatory data. This approach was illustrated through three use cases—avoiding routes, prioritising main roads, and assigning transport mode-specific routes—to support policy-driven traffic flow.

The City of Helmond offered a concrete example of applying this method, starting with road classification and aligning it with functional road classes (FRCs) to facilitate national standardisation. The city is working toward harmonisation with European standards and promoting best practice exchange.

The session concluded with a discussion on ongoing work toward a proof-of-concept in 2026 and a pilot by 2027. Further development will continue through projects like TISGRADE, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, interoperability, and local authority leadership.

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