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Travel Information Highway
Outcome Delivery &
Working Group project.
The TIH Community
The Objective of TIH is to support the Traffic and Travel
Information Industry to exchange data to enhance the
information available to both operators and travellers.
Our key outputs are the TIH Principles that provide: Advice on Compliance
 Usage Agreement
 Expert Guidance
TIH is not a system
 It is the agreed framework for joining systems together via the
Internet
 It simply sets out rules for data exchange
TIH Community members
• Currently 517 members (to June 2009)
• Diverse membership across public and private sector
• A-One, GCap Media, Google, BBC….
• 41 Local Authorities have signed up:Cambridgeshire, Lancashire, Nottingham, Sheffield, Reading,
plus many more….
TIH
TIH uses a ‘common practice’ approach to exchange
travel information, only adopting practices that are
both relevant to all members and conform to
international standards.
These common practices are collectively know as the
TIH principles.
TIH Principles
Principles for Development:• Location references should follow international
standards
• Security levels should match the value of the data
• Data should be published using XML
• The format of the data should be described
adequately
TIH Approach
To build universal system to system links to
exchange traffic & travel information that:
Enables system to system links to be constructed effectively
Enables the DLOA process to be more effective and supports
potential eDLOA development
Enables LTA’s to comply with Traffic Management Act 2004
 Information exchange with operational partners
 Diversion routes
 Demand Management
 Access Control
 Incident management
 Event management
 Emergency planning
Why use TIH?
To build universal system to system links to exchange
traffic and travel data that:
 Save time & money by using the hard won
experience of others
 Offers business and software toolkits to speed up
development
 Embraces existing common practices by bringing
practitioners together
Existing TIH Services
• Utilisation of the TIH Toolkit:
• MATTISSE UTMC visualisation application
MATTISSE
 Public Website – Help2Travel
 Public display screens
 HAIP at Birmingham Airport
 BBC Mailbox
 Community Travelwise
ITS Registry:
www.itsregistry.org.uk
TIH Support
Example of organisations taking data
feeds…….
BMW Plant Oxford
How can we help you?
• Help your organisation to make its travel data
available to operational partners, suppliers &
the general public
• Help you set up data links
Please visit: www.tih.org.uk