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Opinion number:
CDR-1012-2024
Status:
Sprejeta mnenja
Objective
Key objective: define the CoR's political positions and key demands towards the European Commission in terms of design and deployment of EMDS accross Europe.
Cities and regions are key to bringing the principles of the European Mobility Data Space (EMDS) to life. Local and regional authorities as service providers play a crucial role in adapting and using data tools and infrastructure to improve local transport and mobility services. Utilising the EMDS approach can help cities and regions improve transport planning, promote sustainable and shared mobility, improve the safety and efficiency of transport systems and facilitate access to relevant data for more effective decision-making. It also supports innovation and economic development by opening new opportunities for service delivery and value creation from mobility data. Improvements in transport planning and the promotion of sustainable mobility solutions through better access to and sharing data can help local authorities optimize urban transport networks, reduce congestion and emissions, and foster innovation in public transport and shared mobility services.
The added-value of the EMDS is improvement of mobility services, especially across borders. The Communication explicitly states that it should enable local authorities to identify appropriate measures to improve their sustainable (urban) mobility plans through better use and availability of data and thus allowing them to manage the mobility services for citizens and tourists.
Cities and regions are key to bringing the principles of the European Mobility Data Space (EMDS) to life. Local and regional authorities as service providers play a crucial role in adapting and using data tools and infrastructure to improve local transport and mobility services. Utilising the EMDS approach can help cities and regions improve transport planning, promote sustainable and shared mobility, improve the safety and efficiency of transport systems and facilitate access to relevant data for more effective decision-making. It also supports innovation and economic development by opening new opportunities for service delivery and value creation from mobility data. Improvements in transport planning and the promotion of sustainable mobility solutions through better access to and sharing data can help local authorities optimize urban transport networks, reduce congestion and emissions, and foster innovation in public transport and shared mobility services.
The added-value of the EMDS is improvement of mobility services, especially across borders. The Communication explicitly states that it should enable local authorities to identify appropriate measures to improve their sustainable (urban) mobility plans through better use and availability of data and thus allowing them to manage the mobility services for citizens and tourists.
Impact
Since the adoption of the CoR opinion on 8 October 2024, the agenda on the European Mobility Data Space (EMDS) has progressed in several areas that reflect the Committee’s recommendations.
The EU-funded deployEMDS project has started its operational roll-out with sixteen cross-border and cross-sector use cases involving cities and regions (see Barcelona on multi-operator PTO data governance; Flanders on re-use of traffic measurements; Stockholm on zero-emission zone implementation and monitoring), alongside a training programme to support local and regional authorities in making use of EMDS (November 2024).
In parallel, the NAPCORE initiative clarified the role of National Access Points as connectors in the EMDS framework, responding to the CoR’s concerns on governance and coordination (November 2024).
The EC Story on the common EMDS (February 2025) synthesises market trends, barriers, and lessons from the first deployment wave, reinforcing the CoR’s emphasis on: (i) localised ecosystems aligned to a harmonised framework and (ii) measurable operational and sustainability benefits (e.g., congestion and emissions reduction via data-driven planning and dynamic controls).
At the governance level, Member States advanced preparations for the establishment of a Mobility and Logistics European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) (March 2025) which would ensure sustainability, cross-border coordination and large-scale implementation, echoing the CoR’s request for a common EU-level coordinating entity.
In May 2025, the EC published the Final Report – Study in support of EMDS, which specifies the interlinking layer and governance approach, thereby reflecting the CoR’s call for a federated, FAIR-by-design architecture.
The EU-funded deployEMDS project has started its operational roll-out with sixteen cross-border and cross-sector use cases involving cities and regions (see Barcelona on multi-operator PTO data governance; Flanders on re-use of traffic measurements; Stockholm on zero-emission zone implementation and monitoring), alongside a training programme to support local and regional authorities in making use of EMDS (November 2024).
In parallel, the NAPCORE initiative clarified the role of National Access Points as connectors in the EMDS framework, responding to the CoR’s concerns on governance and coordination (November 2024).
The EC Story on the common EMDS (February 2025) synthesises market trends, barriers, and lessons from the first deployment wave, reinforcing the CoR’s emphasis on: (i) localised ecosystems aligned to a harmonised framework and (ii) measurable operational and sustainability benefits (e.g., congestion and emissions reduction via data-driven planning and dynamic controls).
At the governance level, Member States advanced preparations for the establishment of a Mobility and Logistics European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) (March 2025) which would ensure sustainability, cross-border coordination and large-scale implementation, echoing the CoR’s request for a common EU-level coordinating entity.
In May 2025, the EC published the Final Report – Study in support of EMDS, which specifies the interlinking layer and governance approach, thereby reflecting the CoR’s call for a federated, FAIR-by-design architecture.
Essential points
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS (CoR)
- recognises the importance of a data ecosystem which includes mobility and logistics to create a network of interconnected participants who agree on a governance framework to manage, share and utilise data to generate value and insights;
- understands the need to approach data with the basic principle of keeping data as open as possible and as closed as necessary, while considering reciprocity and fair cost structures when sharing data with third parties, without hindering academic and non-commercial research;
- strengthens the definition of data spaces as decentralised infrastructures, where diverse actors can share and use data in a secure, reliable and trustworthy manner, following common governance, organisational, regulatory and technical mechanisms;
- recalls that economic growth is directly linked to having the foundation of an efficient transport infrastructure. Today, this infrastructure can be significantly improved by knowledge built on data, particularly real-time or near real-time data;
- recognises that fostering data interoperability is essential in mobility and logistics ecosystems that ensure different participants can seamlessly share and exchange data; stresses that to achieve this it is the participants who have to collaboratively define rules and governance frameworks within data spaces - including on reciprocity in data sharing;
- understands the competing priorities between data openness and privacy. Implementing data spaces must therefore promote transparency and innovation while rigorously safeguarding personal information;
- requests interoperable multi-disciplinary data spaces following FAIR guidelines principles and quality measures for all stakeholders and possible users;
- encourages participants to collect and share data when creating and implementing European mobility data space, particularly covering areas such as commuting to cities from metropolitan areas, city logistics, parking rules, and different settings of urban vehicle access regulations, as well as mobility in rural areas to enable the provision of tailor-made mobility services in low demand rural and remote areas.