The Transport Code A New Way of Regulating Transport

Susanna Metsälampi 28.11.2016

What is the Transport Code about?

• Availability of digital, open and interoperable data of and for the transport market

• New and better services for the customer

• New business opportunities

• Less red tape

• Easier market access

• Savings!

• For society, customers and companies

• Streamlined regulation across all modes = seamless Transport System

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Serving multiple goals of the Finnish Governmental Programme

The Transport Code contributes to

• Building a digital business environment

• More streamlined regulation

• Savings in publicly funded passenger transport services

• Reinforcing competitiveness

• Better preconditions for business and enterprising

• From self-service to genuine service in transport

• Increasing the market share of public transport

• More jobs

• Reaching environmental goals & emission targets

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The Transport Code enables MaaS

• The Transport Code helps meet the users’ requirements:

• Flexible combination of different transport modes and their development into a safe, inexpensive and easy user-centric system

• Opens the doors for developing new, innovative transport services

• Modal silos disappear, creating smooth multimodal travel chains

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Services that can be

combined Open data

Multimodal chains built by

operators make comparing

services easier

Background systems that talk

to each other

MaaS (mobility as a service)

Transport Code Enables MaaS

NO MODAL SILOS, (NEW) SERVICES

MAAS OPERATORS INTEROPERABLE

PAYMENT SYSTEMS

OPEN APIs, OPEN DATA

AGGREGATORS

COMPREHENSIVE ”TRAVEL AGENT”

INTEGRATES AVAILABLE OPTIONS & PAYMENT

SEAMLESS TRANSPORT

ENABLING ACCESS

Regulating and deregulating

Digitalisating transport

• Service provides must open essential data in computer-readable format

• incl. routes, timetables, stops, prices and accessibility information

• Ticket and payment system interfaces to be opened for 3rd party service providers

• Passengers must be able to purchase (a ticket for) a single multimodal travel chain

• Public procurements must ensure ticket and payment system interoperability

• Less stringent requirements especially for small operators (e.g. a technical service for providing data access)

Possibility for business opportunities in comparing prices, combining services, offering door- to-door services, creating packages etc.

= MOBILITY AS A SERVICE

Public transport

• A passenger transport licence required for public bus transportation

• Compliant with EU legislation

• Additional national licences dropped (such as separate licences for routes in scheduled transport).

Easier for operators to develop dynamic services.

However, if considered necessary for service quality, a local authority may conclude public service contracts and grant exclusive operating rights in compliance with the EU Public Service Contract Regulation.

Goods transport

• A transport licence is needed for the commercial transport of goods with vehicles whose loaded weight exceeds 3.5 t

• Tractors with a maximum speed of less than 60 km/h are exempted from this requirement

• Other currently valid exemptions will be laid down in a decree

• Vans (weighing over 2 tonnes) used in the commercial transport of goods must be registered with the

Finnish Transport Safety Agency

Taxi services

In Finland, offering taxi services has been heavily regulated

• Quotas, base of operations, maximum prices.

only one business model, very restricted market entry.

The Code sets requirements for a taxi licence to be issued to any and all applicants that meet the criteria. Also a passenger transport or goods transport licence entitles to offering taxi services. In addition the taxi driver needs a taxi driver permit.

If prices become unreasonably high, the transport authority can issue regulations on a maximum price taking into account certain indicators (general consumer cost level etc.)

Operational requirements to be applied by all incl. obligation to give a price estimate before the journey starts, to inform of the accessibility of services, of how to give customer feedback etc.

The same rules apply to all taxi services (also those offered through digital platforms).

Promoting competition

Essential data on services is available to all operators

• compare and combine!

Less red tape

• Developing services according to demand!

Technology neutrality

• the law should not stand in the way of digitalization, automation and new innovations!

The Transport Code, phase II

Gathering market and service provisions of all modes into one law

Road, rail, sea and air

Allows for a comprehensive look at the Transport System as a whole

Covering:

• Open data, accessible data

• New provisions on data use, disclosure and registration

• Reform of legislation on professional competence in all modes

• Transport personnel in all professional transport services

• Passenger right to be examined –challenges recognized.

Schedule:

Draft text to be circulated for comments February 2017

Proposal to the Parliament May 2017

Thank you!