Stimulating Transportation Policy Making Through an Effective Traffic Information Communication Mechanism: The Case of Athens

AbstractThe availability of accurate, up-to-date and timely transport and traffic information has become nowadays a crucial issue for decision makers and traffic planers, who wish to plan sustainable transport systems. The paper presents an online platform, the Observatory for Public Authorities and Transport Planners, providing traffic and transport aggregated data and corresponding indices to policy makers and transport planners, enabling the review of transport networks performance, the assessment of scenarios and the formulation of investment plans in order to create an effective and sustainable transportation system in their area