Rail Innovation recognition for Open Transport Founder

The Open Transport Initiative is delighted with the announcement from the Rail Innovation Group that founding member and chair, Hayden Sutherland, has been appointed to their Hall of Recognition for services to innovation in the transportation industry and most specifically for the development of the Open Transport Initiative. This nomination is for a person contributing …

Dan Schoenhofen appointed to Open Transport Board

The Open Transport initiative has appointed smart ticketing and public transport expert Dan Schoenhofen to its Board. Dan has over a decade of public transport ticketing experience across a variety of modes and operators. He was a key contributor to the successful £300m business case for the modernisation of the Glasgow Subway and, as part …

Amendment process for our Open Standards

An Open Standard must have a transparent and published feedback and amendment or modification process. This also needs to be clear and communicated as widely as possible. Therefore we have published this process here on our website (and other Social Media channels too). For those who don’t know… Open Transport Provides 2 x APIs : …

Open Transport presentation at Transport Ticketing Global 2020

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. Introduction to Open Transport Hayden Sutherland IntroductionHayden Sutherland o Founder and Chair of the Open Transport InitiativeDirector of Ideal Interface, a digital consultancyThe work I am presenting is a …

Open Transport appoints Gregor Johnston to Board

The Open Transport initiative has appointed technology delivery expert Gregor Johnston to the Board. Gregor is an IT Consultant, Project Manager and Technical Architect highly experienced in delivering and implementing complex solutions across numerous business sectors including Transportation, Finance and Telecommunications. Gregor has worked with clients throughout the UK, Europe and North America through multinational …

Open Transport appoints Marcus Mayers to Board

The Open Transport initiative has appointed rail expert Marcus Mayers to the Board. Marcus is an expert in delivering new technology into the Railway Sector. After ten years delivering novel rail projects for blue chip companies, he was hired to help setup and deliver a £100m rail innovation programme for Railway Safety and Standards Board. …

What do the Open Transport standards NOT specify?

We have been asked a number of questions about the Open Standards for transport and mobility account interoperability we have specified and launched recently. There are a number of standards in existence that provide interoperable transport functionality. Therefore we though it would be useful to explain what we have NOT created and where this information …

Open Transport now part of European MaaS Landscape

Open Transport is proud to have been recognised as part of The European Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) Landscape by Aster Capital (https://www.aster.com/) Listed as a “Enabler”, Open Transport is mentioned as part of the “Flow Analytics” area, due to the Open Standard for transport account interoperability facilitating the flow of data between different mobility accounts. Thus enabling …

An introduction to the Open Transport Initiative (Webinar)

Earlier this week Open Transport initiative’s Chair, Hayden Sutherland, was invited to participate in a Webinar with Marie Walker, Founder & Head of Content, Open Banking World Congress.https://info.finance-edge.com/blog/an-introduction-to-the-open-transport-initiative-webinar In this webinar he talks about the work we have done so far and our plans for adoptions of the Open Standards across the transport and mobility …