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“Better Connected: a strategy for integrated transport” a document published on 2 April 2026 by the Department for Transport [DfT] outlines the government’s long-term transport strategy for people in England. In the section titled ‘Champion data and technology’ there is specific mention of Smart Data “New market opportunities are arising too, with the Industrial Strategy …

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This week saw Hayden presenting at Transport Ticketing Global 2026 on the topic of: “From Open Banking to Open Transport … Smart Data” And then be part of a panel on future payment methods & financial approaches. There was good attendance and a great subsequent discussion on the use cases and benefits of: Stablecoin, Central …

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Last week we held another of the ‘Smart Data 4 Transport’ group of organisations interested in Smart Data across the transport & mobility sector. Key dates for Transport & Smart Data community are: 17 March 2026Transport Ticketing Global:“From Open Banking to Open Transport – Smart Data and Customer Data” May / June 2026Next in-person meeting …

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This week was first in-person meeting of the ‘Smart Data 4 Transport’ group of organisations interested in Smart Data across the transport & mobility sector. Topics covered included: Our next virtual meeting will take place at 11:00 on 5 March 2026. If you would like to participate, please contact us: contact@opentransport.co.uk

In the Startup Coalition’s recent report, “License to Share: Maximising the value of data in the UK’s transport sector,” the Open Transport Initiative is highlighted as a key industry-led effort to standardize data sharing within the transport sector. This paper, which explores how the Government can bring Smart Data to life in the UK, outlines …

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Last week the UK Chancellor announced a new driving tax in the Budget. Introduced from April 2028, pay per mile / pay-as-you-drive / road charging (or whatever it is eventually officially called) will mean that electric vehicle [EV] drivers will have a charge of 3p per mile, while plug-in hybrid drivers will pay 1.5p per …

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The UK is on the cusp of a significant transport data revolution. The Open Transport Initiative, dubbed the “Open Banking for transport,” aims to leverage user-permissioned, interoperable data to unlock over £1.5 billion* in national value annually. This push for a Transport Smart Data scheme across the entire UK means a fundamental step change in …

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Use Cases are a helpful way of making things more understandable (especially technical solutions). We therefore often get asked for different Use Cases for our work, so we created the following examples: You can also see our short video explaining these example Use Cases in more detail.

From the start or our work to standardise customer transport account data sharing, we have created a common definition of a modes of transport. The 16 modes we currently recognise are: