When starting our our work, most people we spoke with in both the transport & mobility sector (and the wider open & shared data ecosystem) were surprised to find that a central directory service for finding data sources did not already exist. The problem of a lack of a technical system-to-system look-up service across the …
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Every mature industry has some sort of central directory or look-up service (e.g. the Internet has IP addresses & DNS, telephone have exchanges & directories, the postal service has sorting offices & post offices and banks & financial services have branch / sort codes) with most of these now digitalised. However the transport and mobility …
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Following various recent enquiries about the data that can be shared consistently between different transport and mobility accounts via our “customer-account” API specification, we thought we would explain each entity here in more detail Purchase:The purchase entity covers a product bought or agreed to be used. Such as a pre-paid ticket. e.g. an off-peak single …
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The ability to share smart data between many different transport and mobility accounts is a key aim of our organisation. In an earlier post, we considered the range of benefits of customers being easily able to join-up their data from many different transport providers and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platforms. One of these benefits, comes from them …
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Transport is currently responsible for around one-fifth of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This is demonstrated in this recent graph (based on 2018 data) from Our World in Data, which gives a clear comparison of travel modes by their carbon footprint. These figures are measured in the amount of greenhouse gases emitted per passenger kilometre …
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Earlier this year The Open Transport Initiative published its Open Standards for the sharing of transport and mobility account smart data. The aim being that by giving away any license claims and removing any proprietary Intellectual Property considerations these API standards could be adopted easier and quicker. In short, our aim was to kick-start an …
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The Transport and Mobility industry makes owning and sharing data difficult. The travelling customer has to work hard to access all their transport & mobility data. There are dozens & dozens of different online accounts – one for every major Transport Provider and MaaS Platform. Customers therefore have to log into every account to get …
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Today, Hayden Sutherland, our Founder & Chair presented to the MaaS Scotland 2020 conference on the adoption of Smart Data for Transport & Mobility. His presentation covered: The current restrictions and limitations with online accounts Definitions of Open Data and Smart Data Smart Data examples in other industries – especially Online Banking The findings in …
There are many terms relating to data being used in the transport and mobility industry right now, with individuals confusing or mixing them up. This has resulted in stakeholders and external observers misunderstanding the industry’s level of data maturity and its commitment to certain standards and practices. In other words, transport and mobility organisations are …
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Why does the transport and mobility industry make it so difficult for the travelling customer to be in control of their data? There are dozens & dozens of different online accounts – one for each Transport Provider and MaaS Platform. Customers have to log into every account to get a complete view of all their …
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Open Transport - An API Specification for Smart Data sharing 