Open Transport presentation at Transport Ticketing Global 2020

Posted byIdeal Interface

Hayden Sutherland, Founder & Chair of the Open Transport initiative gave this presentation yesterday (28th January 2020) at the Transport Ticketing Global 2020 event in London.

  1. Introduction to Open Transport Hayden Sutherland
  2. Introduction
    Hayden Sutherland o Founder and Chair of the Open Transport Initiative
    Director of Ideal Interface, a digital consultancy
    The work I am presenting is a joint effort from 25+ contributors across the transport & mobility industry: o Public transport: Bus, Rail, Ferry, etc. o Private transport: Car hire, MaaS Platforms, EV suppliers, car parking, etc. o Industry vendors & consultants
  3. In a nutshell
    Open Transport has created an Open Standard for federated transport & mobility account interoperability
    Open Banking For Transport
  4. Current situation
    Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is maturing as a concept
    Transport start-ups are growing in number & market share
    But… – Each new entrant into the transport (public or private) market is a new source of customer data – Each new MaaS platform creates its own customer account AND can introduce proprietary integration standards – Transport Providers are enriching their self- service accounts to provide a better user experience AND build a relationship with their customers… And they want to maintain this.
  5. How it could look to the customer Transport Service Providers
    Customer has to access multiple accounts to get a complete view
  6. How it should look with Open Transport
    Customer can access just one integrated account now to get complete view
  7. What does Open Transport Provide?
  8. An Open Standard for federated transport customer account interoperability
    – API specification for integrating data (not customer PII) held in participating systems
    – Allows Transport Providers to still maintain relationship with their own customers
  9. An Open Standard for a centralized operator information look-up service
    – The first transport / mobility API directory
    – “An API for transport APIs”
  10. 3 account data entities
  11. Purchase – Ticket, pass to travel, contract to use service, etc.
  12. Usage – Journey, parking duration, etc. – Includes services used (e.g. charging, calls, etc.)
  13. Concession – Railcard, staff discount scheme, voucher, etc.
  14. Centralised Operator Look-Up
    Directory service
    – The UK banking system has Sort-Codes (IBAN/SWIFT)
    – But… there was no directory service (e.g. account API URLs) for every MaaS platform or transport provider
    Validation service
    – In a fragmented transport landscape some reference information is needed
    – Other standards have loose compliance which can cause issues
    – And…. A consistent “mode” reference for a transport & mobility
  15. High-level architecture
  16. Potential supporters & adopters
  17. Transport Authorities/ Regulators
    – Mandate its use in new franchise & contracts
    – Potential wider aggregated
  18. Public Transport Operators
    – Wider multi-modal interoperability
  19. Private Operators
    – Established Mobility-as-a-Service Platforms
    – Start-ups, for wider integration possibilities
  20. Transport software vendors
    – Ease/speed of implementation
    – Wider market potential (WORM: write once, reuse many)
  21. Other new services?
    “Anyone with a transport account or with responsibility for ensuring future transport account interoperability”
  22. Deliverables & timescales
    14th October 2019 (International Standards Day)
    – Draft ‘Customer-account’ API specification v0.9 issued for industry peer review
    4th November
    – Draft ‘Operator-info’ look-up API specification v0.9.1 issued for industry peer review
    3/4/5th December – Industry presentations & sessions
    20th December
    – Final date for feedback and questions
    3rd January 2020
    – Launched 2 x specifications as Open Standards
    – Official handover of on-going management and further changes of specification & documentation from Ideal Interface to the new ‘Open Transport’ organisation
  23. Open Standard?
    Yes, the standards are fully Open
    – Free to use (adopt & adapt)
    – No conditions
    – just a public reference please
    v1.0 is now generally available from 3rd January 2020
    – SwaggerHub
    – ProgrammableWeb
    Standards Board created
    – Provides ongoing management
    – Assesses proposed incremental changes
  24. Our Roadmap
  25. Get involved
    Review our Open Standard
    – Does it meet your needs?
    – If not, propose an amendment
    Adopt our Open Standard
    – Download
    Get involved
    – Spread the word!
  26. Find out more
    Website
    – https://opentransport.co.uk/
    API Specifications
    – https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/open-transport
    Contact us:
    – contact@opentransport.co.uk
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