The Transport Data Initiative (TDI) is hosting a webinar about Digital Traffic Regulation Orders.
The event, which is taking place on 21 January from 11am, is set to feature the following participants: Graham Hanson, Head of Smarter Traffic Management, DfT; Ramzan Amin, Delivery Lead, Valtech; Allan Kennedy, Data Modeller, Valtech; and Andy Graham, Director, White Willow Consulting.
For this event, TDI will be looking to highlight the new developments on TROs and will be on hand to answer any questions you may have related to the project.
The focus of this event will be on:
- The Background to TROs – why they are still important in a data driven world.
- Why we need a digital TRO and the benefits this could bring to data users.
- Who might use them and for what data applications – and what else is needed?
- The work to date on data modelling and the work in progress model.
- Where next for Digital TROs – data and policy.
The Department for Transport is working on two data projects aimed at improving how Traffic Regulation Orders and roads-related data might be easier to discover and share.
Along with delivery partner Valtech, the DfT is working to deliver an Alpha project under Agile principles to explore how a TRO data publication and distribution system could transform how such data is accessed and published. The work builds on a previous work during 2018/19 comprising a Discovery, draft data model development and a Policy Alpha.
TROs are the legal mechanism used by traffic authorities to implement changes on the road network. The main types of TRO are permanent, temporary, experimental and special events. They are used for diverse things such as; defining speed limits and parking restrictions, road closures, changes to test the viability of new ideas/schemes and allowing temporary closures for street parties.
For further information, and to register for your free place, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tdi-webinar-4-digital-traffic-regulation-orders-dft-tickets-136429557479