The definition of the necessary requirements for the collection by relevant public authorities and/or, where relevant, by the private sector of road and traffic data (i.e. traffic circulation plans, traffic regulations and recommended routes, notably for heavy goods vehicles) and for their provisioning to ITS service providers, based on:

the availability, to ITS service providers, of existing road and traffic data (i.e. traffic circulation plans, traffic regulations and recommended routes) collected by the relevant public authorities and/or the private sector,

the definition of the necessary requirements for the collection by relevant public authorities of road and traffic data (including, for example ,. traffic circulation plans, traffic regulations and recommended routes, notably for heavy goods vehicles) and for their provision to ITS service providers, in particular:

the availability of public road and traffic data (including, for example , traffic circulation plans, traffic regulations and recommended routes) collected by the relevant public authorities for ITS service providers,

the timely updating of public road and traffic data (including traffic circulation plans, traffic regulations and recommended routes) by the relevant public authorities,

21. Believes that road-safety policy must be seen in the context of the overall policy on sustainable mobility, implying more integrated use of all transport modes and promotion of more environmentally friendly modes of transport, such as rail, inland waterways, short sea shipping and combined transport, as well as the promotion of public passenger transport, in order to reduce the impact of road transport; takes the view that it is also necessary to consider environmental aspects in the EU road-safety policy debate, assessing the effects of noise and air pollution generated by road traffic on public health and the urban environment, an ...[+++]d adapting road-safety policy to these findings;