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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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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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 …
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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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. …
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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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 …
The two Open Transport API specifications were published as Open Standards on 3rd January 2020. Since then the Board has received the following Change Requests to modify and improve these designs: CR001API: Centralised Operator-info APIChange: The addition of another “mode”, that of: “016: suspended cable car”.Plus also some mapping work to clarify the use of …
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In a recent interview with Cliff Notes Podcast host Tristan Bailey, Hayden Sutherland Founder and Chair of the Open Transport initiative shares his thoughts on Transport and Mobility account interoperability. In the interview they cover:– What the Open Transport standards?– What is an Open Standard?– What are Open Transport helping businesses with?– Is there a …
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We have had a frantic 2019 to get the “the first global Open Standard for transport account interoperability” launched last month (3rd January 2020 to be exact). And now we are busy pushing for its adoption and acceptance across the transport industry. To help with this aim we have a simple request. The Board of …
Open Transport - Transport & Mobility Data Interoperability 