etisplus seminar brussels 27.05.2011 thomas spiegel austrian federal ministry of transport,...

ETISplus SeminarBrussels 27.05.2011

Thomas Spiegel

Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology

CAFT Dissemination

CAFT History

1994 FR, CH, AT: First common Data Base on Transalpine Freight Transport, partly based on already existing data.

1999 FR, CH, AT: harmonised survey. 2004 Common Approach of Alpine

Countries (Zurich Prozess) 2009 (AT, CH) / 2010 (FR, new: SI)

What is CAFT: CAFT Method

Roadside interviews collect information at major Alpine passes on :

Trips (points of loading/unloading, route...) Goods transported (tonnage, type of commodity...) Vehicles (country of registration, type of lorry...)

Toll Statistics or Automatic Traffic Counts provide information on total traffic

Comparable data are obtained from Railway undertakings

All data are gathered in a common database according to a standardised format

Ventmiglia

Mt. BlancGotthard

BrennerTauern

Schober Semmering

Wechsel

Fréjus

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Mio. TonnesWhat is CAFT: Results

„What“ is CAFT: Products?

National Publications. Exchange file + description („data

base“) Webpage of Zurich Process

Results + queries http://www.zurich-process.org

„Who“ is CAFT? Agreement of Ministers of Alpine Countries for

common data collection (Zurich Process). ≠ Alpine Observatory (EU Swiss agreement on

land transport) Coordinated approach, but no real

„leadership“ (no „buerau of CAFT“) Commonly agreed rules for dissemination

Rules for dissemination

„Controlled free dissemination“ National CAFT-Partners as dissemination points.Agreement between data holder and data user:

– Data available for projects– No further dissemination– Information on results– No commercial interest– No unbalanced consultant market

Currently, it would not meet the expectations of the CAFT partners to put the full CAFT data file as free download on internet!

Rules for dissemination

„Controlled free dissemination“

Arguments against a full free dissemination:– Road – sample based approach: expert knowledge

for interpretation necessary.– Rail: confidentiality concerns: railway enterprises as

partner in CAFT, not as respondents obliged to answer!

– Sustainability of CAFT-Survey: railway data are one critical element: clear conditions for railway enterprises how the data are used.

Possibilities for dissemination:CAFT data within ETISplus?

(proposal to be discussed with CAFT-partners)Access to aggregated data (e.g. according to CAFT-web pages). Access to integrated data sets, where CAFT is only one input.Rules similar to data access to Eurostat data.“E-solution” of current approach-> registered, accepted users only, “Sign” agreement (terms of use), information of each download to CAFT partners.Create Win-Win Solution!

Summing up

YES, CAFT data should be used by scientific community and planners in the best possible way.

NO, an unlimited access to detailed CAFT seems not acceptable. Third parties should not take profit from dissemination of CAFT data.

Proposal from ETISPlus for data dissemination are welcome, but have to be agreed by CAFT partners.

Thank you for your attention!

thomas.spiegel@bmvit.gv.at