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Ed ParsonsGeospatial [email protected]
@edparsons
The Informed TravellerGovernment Data is Mobility Rocket Fuel
Geography
Citizens are users!
Users are Citizens!
Image Source : LOLL MASON
Public Transport Data
Station /
Stop Details
Service
Alerts
Fares ?Schedule
DisruptionTrip
Updates
2MinPerceived drop in wait times
for public transport..
Source : Kari Edison Watkins “Where Is My Bus? Impact of mobile real-time information on the perceived and actual wait time of transit riders, October 2011 Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice 45(8):839-848
Challenges
● Quality of source data not suitable for journey
planning○ TransXChange/NeTEx vs. GTFS
● Data Licence, terms of service, attribution
● Scalability○ Regular feed, server latency ?
Insights ?
Paris
Stockholm
