Public Transport - Improve Performance by Using Different Open Data

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1 Transferability and Implementation Issues of Open Access Data Prof Nick Hounsell University of Southampton UK

2 Open data Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike (Open data handbook, 2012) Benefits: - Providing a public service - Involvement of 3 rd party in information provision - More stakeholders and users - More opportunities to address individual needs

3 UK DfT s open data strategy The Department for Transport will work with partners and the open data community to release a wide range of transport data for use and re-use and will engage with developers and data owners to ensure a broad take-up of the data released and to identify ways in which the data can be made more useful and usable by improving its quality and standardising its formats.

4 Remember the data is yours!! As taxpayers, you paid for the systems providing the data in the first place! And you have a right of freedom of information

5 What data? Almost anything which has a value! Both static and real-time e.g. Location of bus stops, bus routes, facilities for the less abled Real-time public transport performance.. Traffic flows, speeds, congestion.. Air quality.. Parking availability

6 Processing Options for the City 1. Provide the data raw 2. Provide information based on the data 3. Develop/provide the apps themselves

7 How do you access it? Typically through the internet on any number of portable devices! The usefulness of an app (or not!) soon spreads through social media!

9 London, UK

10 Toronto, Canada Launched in 2009 offers unfiltered access Various data (including traffic data) available to the public via including real-time bus arrival times Various apps developed giving information about public transport and cycle facilities carried out due diligence around privacy following established procedures

11 Ottawa, Canada Launched in 2010 ( The users are assumed to agree to the Terms of Use Run Open Data contest ( to encourage development of apps Various apps developed include: public transport and cycle facilities for mobile as well as web applications Running competitions or challenges encourage private parties to develop apps and help develop profiles

12 Vienna, Austria

13 The TIDE Project Transport Innovation Deployment for Europe is a three year FP7 project that started in September 2012 Enhance the broad take-up of 15 innovative urban transport and mobility measures throughout Europe to establish them as mainstream measures

14 Reducing the risk when starting something new Most European cities want to be innovative, but not all want to be the first to implement a new measure. Financial: will we be able to afford the measure? Political: will the measure be accepted, and will citizens vote in favour of it? Effectiveness: will the measure solve the problems it is meant to solve? Implementation: will we be able to introduce the measure smoothly, without delays or extra cost?

15 Transferability analysis (1) Mission statement/objectives and scoping (2) Clarification of the impacts of the measure (3) Identification of up-scaling/down-scaling need (4) Identification of the main components and characteristics (5) Identification of the level of importance of characteristics (6) Assessment of the characteristic in the context of adopter city (7) Conclusions TIDE transferability assessment steps

16 Key factors Robust data - good quality data from reliable sources Market demand - City size and its transport network as well as data quality - Pump prime to initiate Interaction with apps developers - co-operation and encouragement! Policy - Often driven by an open data policy/requirement, though there may also be a business case!

17 Partner and Champion Cities

19 Thank You! Contact: Ivo Cré Prof Nick Hounsell Phone: Web:

GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTERS

GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTERS Open access data for applications based traveller information TIDE is a Coordination Action funded by the European Commission s DG Research and Innovation under the 7th Framework