[open-government] Public transport information in Netherlands to be made freely available

Sun May 29 17:55:59 UTC 2011

For people who read Dutch, this may be interesting:

http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/2438628/20
11/05/29/Dienstregelingen-openbaar-vervoer-vrij-voor-app-bouwers.dhtml

In summary, the central service for public transport information in the
Netherlands http://www.9292ov.nl/, is planning to make all their
information including schedules of trains, buses, trams, metros and
ferries across the country openly and freely available later this year.

The news item says they are going to consult with "transport companies,
public authorities, lawyers and other experts" to determine how to set
up this system of "open data".

Makx Dekkers.