The Value of Open Data in Transport
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The document discusses the value of open data in transportation. It begins by defining open data and what constitutes high quality open data. It then discusses how in 2005, Portland opened its transit data in the GTFS format, which has since been adopted by 596 transit agencies worldwide and led to the development of many transit apps. The document also notes that open data in London and Massachusetts has gone beyond just bus data to include other modes of transportation. It argues that making transportation data openly available can save agencies money and improve commutes by enabling private sector innovation and app development.
The Value of Open Data in Transport
- 1. A product of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities JYOT CHADHA THE VALUE OF OPEN DATA IN TRANSPORT Talking Transit 2016
- 2. WHAT IS OPEN DATA? • available for anyone to access, use, and share • free of royalties and restrictions • can be re-used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose Source: Open Data Institute
- 3. WHAT IS HIGH QUALITY OPEN DATA? • linkable and easily shared • standard format • machine readable and easily processed • reliable in terms of availability, consistency • traceable to the original source Source: Open Data Institute
- 4. OUR STORY BEGINS IN PORTLAND
- 5. FORMAT FOR TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ELEMENTS
- 6. LAUNCH ON 7 DEC 2005 • Unprecedented downloads • Hugely positive public response • Developed GTFS and brought other agencies on board • In two years ~20 cities opened their data in GTFS Source: http://beyondtransparency.org/chapters/part-2/pioneering-open-data-standards-the-gtfs-story/
- 7. WITHIN 1 HOUR OF MASSACHUSETTS DOT OPENING ITS DATA : REAL TIME BUS LOCATION
- 8. WITHIN 1 WEEK: COUNTDOWN WIDGET
- 9. WITHIN 5 WEEKS: IOS AND ANDROID APPS
- 10. WITHIN 7 WEEKS: REAL TIME DATA BY PHONE
- 11. 596 AGENCIES HAVE ADOPTED GTFS, GTFS-RT Source: transitfeeds.com as accessed on 2 April 2016
- 12. AND MANY HAVE GONE BEYOND BUS DATA • Portland: bus, light rail, commuter rail, and street car • London: tube, bus, coach, river, road traffic, Barclay’s cycle hire, Oyster card journey information, and toilet data • Massachusetts: bus, commuter rail, subway, ferry, bicycle, park and ride lots, private bus carriers, roadway traffic and events, traffic camera information, MV registry, MBTA data, Massachusetts Port Authority data • Manila: 98 datasets and crowd-sourced data for informal jeepneys • Mexico City: subway, rapid transit, trolley bus, light rail lines, suburban rail lines, formal city buses, informal minibuses, and public bikes Source: Transit agency websites
- 13. IS IT WORTH ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO? “Due to the large proliferation of transit apps on mobile platforms, the market is able to react quickly to changes and to fill gaps in service. This is something that one government IT department could not develop or support with the same level of spontaneity and flexibility.” McHugh, personal communication to Bibiana McHugh of TriMet, 2013
- 14. 362 APPS FROM TFL FEEDS, 4 MN DOWNLOADS…
- 15. SAVING TFL UPTO £42M & COMMUTERS UPTO £58 M Maps and apps of the Tube Trip planning apps across modes
- 16. 80+ TOOLS OUT OF NYC FEEDS…
- 17. …IMPROVING 8.5MN PEOPLE’S COMMUTE IN 2013
- 18. CONSIDERATIONS • Availability and format of data • Privacy • Available resources • Internal capacity
- 19. WHERE ARE WE IN INDIA? • Reactive data access: RTI Act • Proactive data access: NDSAP • data.gov.in • Sikkim open data policy
- 20. CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION $0.7 – 0.9 trillion of economic value through innovation and new business development by open data in transport Source: McKinsey