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The Benefits of Open Data in Urban Traffic Network

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The importance of linking transport and traffic information in recent years has become a major topic among the countries of the European Union and beyond. Authorities and decision-makers are introducing terms such as open data and big data into legal frameworks and are increasing focus on removing barriers from legal regulation on the use of data closely related to transport. This paper provides information on the application and level of use of open data and big data in Croatia, as well as a legal legislation framework that ensures the use of such data in the Republic of Croatia. Observations and findings on the amount of data available for use by third-parties service providers that are strictly related to transport were presented. Based on experience from the world, the benefits brought by the availability of transport linked data that could be used in optimizing urban traffic network through the big data technologies have been outlined.

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Acknowledgments

This research is realized within the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement Number 857592—Twinning Open Data Operational (TODO) and supported by the University of Zagreb Program Funds Support for scientific and artistic research (2020) through the project: “Innovative models and control strategies for intelligent mobility.”

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  1. Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, ZUK Borongaj, Zagreb, Croatia

    Miroslav Vujic

  2. PROMETIS d.o.o, Zagreb, Croatia

    Luka Dedic

  3. Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Martina Tomicic Furjan & Igor Pihir

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  1. Tech, Dept of Natural Sci & Humanities, Technical Univ Kosice, Faculty of Mfg., Presov, Slovakia

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  2. Faculty of Transport & Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Dragan Peraković

  3. Tech, Dept of Industrial Engg & Info, Technical Univ Kosice, Faculty of Mfg., Presov, Slovakia

    Annamária Behúnová

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Vujic, M., Dedic, L., Furjan, M.T., Pihir, I. (2022). The Benefits of Open Data in Urban Traffic Network. In: Knapčíková, L., Peraković, D., Behúnová, A., Periša, M. (eds) 5th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67241-6_22

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