[Open-transport] Open Transport Handbook - Request for Participation

Fri Sep 28 14:43:28 UTC 2012

Yeah, I feel that the traffic data is one part that should be explored a
little more. I'll try to fit something in the current draft. Feel free to
change this if you want

Stéphane

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Pieter Colpaert
<pieter.colpaert at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi Stephane,
>
> this sounds great! Feel free to fit in your stories in the document. At
> this moment the handbook is too much focused on trains and buses. Your view
> seems like a missing link.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Pieter
> Op 26-sep.-2012 18:13 schreef "Stéphane Guidoin" <stephane at opennorth.ca>
> het volgende:
>
> Hi Pieter,
>>
>> I could bring some elements about traffic data since I'm working on this
>> currently but I don't really see how to plug it in the current organization
>> of the domain.
>>
>> I see 2 possibles approach (non-exclusive)
>>
>>    - Standardization vs non-standardization: Transit is a good example
>>    where light-weight standardization help the data to be used very
>>    efficiently once opened. On the other hand, in the traffic world, we have
>>    very complex, frequently unused standard. so even when the data is
>>    published/open, it's a pain to use it. There's probably something around
>>    that.
>>    - Ownership of the data: in the traffic world, a lot of information
>>    is coming from the private sector. So we could do a short investigation
>>    about how some gov are managing this and raising the need for govs to have
>>    a better control of this data.
>>
>> Besides that, it's possible to show some existing initiatives (for
>> example San Francisco and NYC do have some traffic APIs but we are far from
>> the successes of GTFS for example.
>>
>> (Disclaimer: I'm working on a project named Open511 that aims at
>> standardizing traffic data... it's non profit)
>>
>> Steph
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Pieter Colpaert <
>> pieter.colpaert at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
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>>
>>
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Stéphane Guidoin
Director, Transportation
Open North
514-862-0084
http://opennorth.ca
Twitter: @opennorth / @hoedic
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