MobilityData

🚍🚊🚲 Hop aboard and let's shape the future of #mobility together! Whether you're a transit agency, shared mobility provider, policymaker, or industry expert, the 2024 International Mobility Data Summit is the place to be. Join us in Montreal and be part of a global movement towards better transportation through data! 🎟️ Tickets: https://lnkd.in/erHy4gfi #GTFS #GBFS #SharedMobility #PublicTransit #MicroMobility #Transit

📢 We're now accepting expressions of interest to be a part of the MobilityData Industry Advisory Council! If you're in the transportation-data, open-source, tech, vendor, and transit-operator communities, we would love to hear from you about being part of a potential Industry Advisory Council. The purpose of this council would be to help shape MobilityData’s strategy by providing industry expertise and perspectives on the state of the field, needs and priorities, emerging items, business considerations, and new technologies. If you are interested in volunteering to serve on such a council, please submit your expression of interest through the link below. ✍️ https://lnkd.in/eqFzjtEy #Transportation #Transit #SharedMobility #Data #OpenSource #GTFS #GBFS #PublicTransit #MicroMobility

👉 ICYMI: Check out our 5 Key Takeaways from our GTFS-Flex Event! If you're looking for something interesting to read this weekend, we've got you covered. There was lots to be excited about with our record-setting event, so give this post a look to see what you might have missed! #GTFS #Flex #GTFSFlex #DemandResponsiveTransit #DRT #OnDemand #MobilityData https://lnkd.in/eCceCe3p

🌟 June 2024 - GTFS Progress Report 🚀 Read the GTFS Digest here: https://lnkd.in/epRmgf72 🏅 Contributor Shoutouts Welcome Emily Chwiggy and Mustafa Kemal Sürmeneli for posting their first issues on google/transit, and thank you to Rizal Jamil for your first GitHub issue and contributions on Slack. Special thanks to Biju Nair and Daniel Michalov Daniel Mihalov for boosting community engagement on Slack. 📂 Active Proposals Proposals include specifying that shapes.txt should be included for route-based services, updating stops.txt requirements due to flex, clarifying stop_times.timepoint usage, and improving validity rules for flex polygons. Other open proposals cover fare_leg_join_rules.txt, adding Feed Version and GTFS URL to FeedHeader, and fare product/media transfer behavior. 🔥 Most Active Conversations Discuss best practices for shapes, center coordinates in feed_info.txt, real-time status for elevators/escalators, a global trip ID for better integration, and adding vehicles.txt for detailed vehicle information. Engage in Slack discussions on GTFS, GTFS-Realtime, and GTFS-Flex topics ranging from boarding areas to handling partial trip cancellations and the FTA's position on GTFS-Flex. 📅 Upcoming Events GTFS-Fares v2 Monthly Meeting | July 30, 2024 @ 11 am EDT Governance Working Group Meeting | July 11, 2024 @ 11 am EDT 🙌 Thank You for Your Continued Support! #GTFSDigest #GTFS #StayInformed #CommunityDriven #OpenSource #MobilityData #gtfsflex #drt #openstandards

Our Executive Director, Eric Plosky, will be in London 🇬🇧 next week for Transit Data 2024! The event is being hosted by University College London and Transport for London to discuss all aspects of public transport planning and operations. If you're attending and you want to meet with Eric to talk about all things #Mobility and #Data, be sure to connect with Eric directly!

If you missed our record setting public meeting about implementing GTFS-Flex, we've got you covered with 🖐️ key takeaways from the webinar! After you finish reading our latest blog post, be sure to connect with us to become part of the MobilityData community and ensure you never miss another event like this! https://lnkd.in/eCceCe3p

"Open data standards have transformed real-time passenger information and transit technology.[...]The GTFS standard is the foundation of modern transit data." Be sure to check out this interview that MobilityData member Swiftly, Inc. did with Bibiana Kamler McHugh from TriMet (another MobilityData member 😎), who played a foundational role in producing GTFS. If you want to be a part of our mission of better transportation through data and to contribute to data specifications like GTFS, join our community on Slack: https://lnkd.in/ewsdRriJ

Are you attending the World Passenger Festival this week in Vienna, Austria? 🇦🇹 🤝 Carl Fredlund is there representing MobilityData, so be sure to connect with Carl to discuss everything #Mobility and #Data!

MobilityData will be well represented by both Heili Toome and Gretchen Newcomb at the UITP North American Forum in Vancouver next week! 🤝 If you will be attending, make sure to connect with Heili and Gretchen to discuss all things #Mobility and #Data!

🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Google is an official platinum sponsor for the 2024 International Mobility Data Summit!  🙌 It’s very encouraging that an organization like Google recognizes the importance of the Summit and our mission of better transportation through data! 🎟️ Don’t already have your ticket? There’s still time to take advantage of our Early Bird Pricing! Buy your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/erHy4gfi #MobilityData #GTFS #GBFS #PublicTransportation #Data #PublicTransit