Open Transport is an initiative that has released two different Open Standards for transport and mobility account interoperability. But one of the most common questions we get asked is about whether our work is really free or not. Why standards?Standards are needed with technology, to ensure that more than one developer or vendor can work …
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Update of “operator-info” API specification to v1.1
Today we are announcing a update of our “operator-info” API specification to version 1.1.0 This important update to our original Open Standard published in January now incorporates three specific change requests CR001The addition of another “mode”, that of “016 – suspended cable car”. Also now reflected in our Mode API reference implementation at https://open-transport.azure-api.net/mode CR002Change …
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Open Transport at Open Banking World Congress
This week, two of our board members (Marcus and Hayden) presented to the Open Banking World Congress on the context, history and future of Open Transport. In a 40 minutes session called “Advancing Towards Open Transport” they explained the use cases and benefits of an Open Standards for mobility account interoperability. Although the Open Banking …
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Open Transport enables a consolidated view of mobility accounts
When we set-out to create the Open Transport standard, we had in our minds the problem that many transportation customers have: Multiple online / self-service accounts Typically one for each transport provider and another for each Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform. Multi-modal journeysThose commuting, business and pleasure trips that involve more than one mode of transportation. Limited …
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Update of “customer-account” API specification to v1.0.1
Today we are announcing a update of our “customer-account” API specification to version 1.0.1 This small-but-important update from our original Open Standard is backwards compatible with v1.0 , with the addition of an “account-balance” for each purchase / product. Therefore making the standard more useful for the interoperability of those accounts that store a monetary …
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Open Transport Mode Definitions
We have been asked by several organisations to publish a table of mode definitions, as used in our Open Standard: ID Mode Description 001 on foot where the person is a pedestrian (used for complete end-to-end journey mapping) 002 cycle includes both human-powered pedal cycle and ebike, typically rented or shared but also possibly privately …
Defining the modes of transport & mobility
As part of our standards work, we quickly realised that we needed to centralise around a common definition of the “mode” of transport. Other definitions of the “method of conveyance” that were identified during the evolution of the standard we created were either too restrictive (e.g. just covering public transit) or proprietary (and therefore not …
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How does Open Transport help innovation?
The transport and mobility sector is not known for the pace of innovation that some others have (e.g. FinTechs). To help change this we firmly believe that the new world of transport & mobility needs to be open (not proprietary). This means: an open ecosystem, open technology and easy collaboration between services using open APIs. …
Open Transport as an Innovation case study
Our Founder, Hayden Sutherland, was recently interviewed by a University student on the topic of innovation. Here are the questions & answers provided: Q1 : Did you use a specific innovation model or follow a process when carrying out your innovation? A1: When originally coming up with the original idea, there was no specific model …
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The Open Transport elevator pitch
We regularly get asked for a short description of what Open Transport specifically is (our ‘elevator pitch’). So, we thought we would share this here: Open Transport is the first & only Open Standard for Transport and Mobility account interoperability. It is best described simply as the “Open Banking for Transport”. The standard, released on …
Open Transport - Transport & Mobility Data Interoperability 