Open transport (in 6 minutes)!

Transforming Transportation 2014!

!   Presented at Transforming Transportation 2014!

!   Holly Krambeck!!   Transportation Economist, The World Bank!

 

Open  Transport  (in  6  minutes)  

       

Holly  Krambeck,  Transporta:on  Economist  The  World  Bank  @  Transforming  Transporta:on  Friday,  January  17  

What  is  Open  Transport?  3  Principles:  

   

Open  Data  Standards  •  Freely  and  publically  available  •  No  required  use  agreements  •  Compa8ble  with  mul8ple  so;ware  applica8ons  

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File  Formats  •  .csv  •  .html  •  .xml  •  .png  

Transit  Data  Specifica:ons  •  General  Transit  Feed  Specifica8on  (GTFS)  •  Real  Time  General  Transit  Feed  Specifica8on    

(RT  GTFS)  •  Service  Interface  Real  Time  Informa8on  (SIRI)  

Open  Source  SoNware  2  

•  Universal  access  and  redistribu8on  rights  •  Free  licenses  to  product  design,  code,  or  blueprint  

Open  Data  •  Data  that  is  free  to  use,  reuse,  and  redistribute  •  May  have  requirement  to  aLribute  data  source  

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Why  Open  Transport?  3  Reasons:  

   

Open  Transport    Saves  You  $$$  

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Collec:ng  Public  Transit  Route  Data:  BEFORE  

GIS  Route  and  

Sta:on  /  Stop  

Loca:ons  

PAX  Volumes  by  Loca:on  

and  Time  of  Day  

Average  Travel  and  Dwell  Times  

To  Collect  Data  for  900+  Jeepney  Routes  in  Manila:  

US$  

450,000  1000+  

Man-­‐Days  

225  Man-­‐

Days  

US$  90,000  

20%  the  

cost!  

Conduc:ng  Travel  Time  Surveys:    BEFORE  

2  Weeks!  

2  Seconds!  

Open  Transport    Makes  Evidence-­‐Based  

Planning  Possible  in  Resource-­‐Constrained  Agencies  

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Recording  Road  Safety  Data:  BEFORE  

Open  Transport  Enables  Transport  Agencies  to  Provide  More  Services  –  For  Free!  

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Unofficial  Reason:  Open  Transport  Projects  =  

Super  Fun!  

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Thank  you!    For  more  info:  hkp://bit.ly/OpenTransport    Holly  Krambeck  hkrambeck@worldbank.org