In today’s UK Government Spring Budget announcement was the paragraph:
“Accelerating smart data schemes in energy and transport – Following announcement at Autumn Statement 2023 that the government would seek to maximise the benefits from incoming Data Protection and Data Information Bill Smart Data powers, the government is providing targeted funding for consultations and calls for evidence to accelerate schemes in energy and transport.”
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2024/spring-budget-2024-html
It is not clear from this statement on the timescales for when the funding will be released and when these consultations will be carried out. However this is the first mention of ANY plans from UK Government for the acceleration of Smart Data sharing in the Transport & Mobility sector. And consequently The Open Transport Initiative very much welcomes this announcement.
Open Transport - Transport & Mobility Data Interoperability 