Abstract

The development of digital technologies, increasing availability of Big Data and advanced processing techniques have enabled Statistics Poland to modernize the system for the production of road and maritime transport statistics. Actions taken to adapt modern Big Data technologies and data from sensors, e.g. from the Automatic Identification System (AIS) or the e-TOLL electronic toll collection system, enabled obtaining new statistics and accelerating the data dissemination.

The main goal of this speech is to present the innovative TranStat system (https://transtat.stat.gov.pl) that enables the production of road and maritime transport statistics using large volumes of data for shaping the country's transport policy, developed under the GOSPOSTRATEG programme.

The implementation of the TranStat project in the field of road and maritime statistics has enriched the current statistical production carried out by Statistics Poland through:

- access to streaming innovative data source related to maritime (AIS) and road (e-TOLL) transport;

- implementation of the necessary Big Data technology for data from sensors enabling an automatic process of data flow, validation and processing;

- development of traffic intensity, transport performance and emissions models in maritime transport with the use of data from sensors;

- development of algorithms enabling generation of new statistics and obtaining new knowledge in the field of maritime transport statistics by using the combination of multiple data sources;

- reduction of research costs thanks to the use of modern technology in the acquisition and processing of non-statistical sources