The recent Smart Data Roadmap published by the UK Government’s Department for Business & Trade was a pleasant surprise for the Transport & Mobility sector, as it specifically mentions transport (alongside energy, telecommunications, retail, etc.). It even lists a number of actions to be carried out by the Department for Transport [DfT] over the next …
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Smart Data is data that is securely shared, with the customer’s permission, to third parties. The most obvious example of Smart Data is Open Banking, but other sectors such as energy & finance are now looking to follow suit. The term should not be confused with other similar terms such as “Open Data” – e.g. …
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The UK Government’s Department for Business & Trade has today published an important document that outlines how the transport & mobility sector will be part of Smart Data sharing schemes in 2024. Titled “The Smart Data Roadmap” this report provides a timeline of the action the Government is taking in 2024 to 2025 to unlock …
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In today’s UK Government Spring Budget announcement was the paragraph: “Accelerating smart data schemes in energy and transport – Following announcement at Autumn Statement 2023 that the government would seek to maximise the benefits from incoming Data Protection and Data Information Bill Smart Data powers, the government is providing targeted funding for consultations and calls …
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The UK transport & mobility sector is the largest emitter of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Consumers and small businesses generate a wealth of useful personal transport and mobility data as they move about their lives or work. This includes information about products purchased (tickets), journeys undertaken (routes, durations, etc.) and discounts & concessions used …
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The Public Transport sector is not known for swiftly and easily taking on tech innovations. Adopting new technologies may be appealing to some (especially users), but so is running an efficient, safe and reliable passenger & freight service around a city, region or country. Keeping up with customer demands in the transport industry is a …
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The word “Ecosystem” isn’t used as much as it should be in the transport and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) sector. The term has far more usage in other sectors, such as financial services, where it is now more regularly used by most banks and FinTechs. And increasingly in the Open Finance world of insurers, credit companies, etc. …
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In the UK the transport & mobility sector is now the largest emitter of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). Helpfully though, individuals and businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the emissions generated by their travels and are motivated to minimise these footprints to help reach the Net Zero target by 2050 – the date …
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The transport and mobility sector in the UK (and other countries) is highly deregulated and fragmented, with services from many regional providers across different modes of transport. There are 20+ train operating companies, dozens of bus and tram operators, numerous taxi and micro-mobility companies, and more recently many new Mobility-as-a-Service [MaaS] platforms being launched. Each …
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The Open Transport Initiative was originally set-up to create and support the adoption of customer account data sharing (AKA “Smart Data”) across the transport & mobility sector. And having data (such as usage, journey information & discounts) shared from different accounts across the sector is an important first step. However the maximum benefit of Smart …
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Open Transport - Transport & Mobility Data Interoperability 