apidays Helsinki & North 2023 API Ecosystems - Connecting Physical and Digital June 5 & 6, 2023 Building traffic data ecosystem powered by APIs Janne Lautanala, Chief Ecosystem and Technology Officer at Finntraffic ------- Check out our conferences at https://www.apidays.global/ Do you want to sponsor or talk at one of our conferences? https://apidays.typeform.com/to/ILJeAaV8 Learn more on APIscene, the global media made by the community for the community: https://www.apiscene.io Explore the API ecosystem with the API Landscape: https://apilandscape.apiscene.io/

1. Building traffic data
ecosystem powered by APIs
May 27, 2023
Janne Lautanala
Fintraffic

3. 45 000 000 000 €
annually
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According to the EU’s strategy on Industrial and commercial data, cross-border use of traffic data is
expected to create an additional EUR270 billion in GDP for EU Member States by 2028
400 data sharing ecosystems exist within the EU in the mobility sector - EIT Urban mobility
(https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/400-data-sharing-ecosystems-exist-within-the-eu-in-the-mobility-sector/)

4. Finland’s share scaled
~500 000 000 €
Annually in safety, smoothness, pollution reduction, cost reduction, increased revenue, new business models…
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5. Services implemented by Fintraffic
(Situational awareness, etc.)
Services implemented by the service
operators
Digital end user services
Road Rail Maritime Air Traffic
Crowdsourced data
External data,
partner data
Sensors, intelligen
algorithms
Digital Ecosystem Services
Services for
citizems
Services for
Traffic
Operators
Services for
authorities
Fintraffic Traffic management & control services
Palveluiden käyttäjät
(kansalaiset, liikennealan
toimijat, sovelluskehittäjät
yms.) tuottavat lisää
tietoa käyttäessään
palvelua
Services are
enriched with data
from several
sources
Fintraffic traffic management
services provide and consume
data
Data and platform
services provide
value for ecosystem
Services for
developers and
data providers
Data providers
and developers
provide data to
be utilized by
other parties in
the ecosystem
Data aggregation, cleansing and enrichment
Services for
companies
Ecosystem Orchestration (Fintraffic)
Ecosystem data platform (API) services

6. We offer a wide range of data and services
Key domains:
• Situational awareness on all traffic modes
• Logistics
• Public transport

7. Example: Traffic Situation
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8. Data can answer multiple questions
Rail traffic
• Is my train on schedule?
• Where is my train right
now?
• Which train can take me
from A to B at time C?
• Which trains are the next
to arrive and depart on
station X?
• Which types of cars is my
train composed of?
• What services do these
cars provide?
• Was my train on
schedule two months
ago?
Road traffic
• What are the road
weather conditions like
right now? How about 3
hours from now?
• When was the road last
plowed?
• Where are the road
maintenance vehicles
right now and what are
they doing?
• Are there any incidents or
roadworks affecting my
planned route?
• Is traffic flowing
normally?
• How is the traffic flowing
now in comparison to
yesterday / lasth month /
last year.
Maritime traffic
• What vessels are in
harbour X at this time?
• Which vessels are
arriving / departing next
and when?
• Where is the vessel right
now?
• What kind of vessel is
that?
• Are there any active
warnings for marine
traffic?
• Are there any
disturbances in marine
traffic?
• Are the aids of navigation
working properly?
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9. TOGETHER = MORE
No matter who you are, most of the
smartest people work for someone else
[other than you] (Bill Joy)
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10. Based on extensive amount of interviews and analysis, the building
blocks for traffic data ecosystem comprise of collaboration, data &
infrastructure and rulebook
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Collaboration
• Shared vision and goals
• Trust
• Joint development &
investments
• Coordination
Rulebook
• Fair Data economy
rules
• Agreement templates
• Conventions and
standards
Data & infrastructure
• Technical
infrastructure
• Data
• APIs
• Shared services
Source: Fintraffic stakeholder interviews, spring 2020

11. Traffic Data Ecosystem
• We are developing the future of traffic, where one
major goal is to create a Finnish network of
traffic operators making the most effective use of
data, a network unique in the world.
• We have invited more than 160 leading mobility
organizations (including operators, authorities,
academia, service providers, cities, ports etc.) to
create
• innovative data-share and data-use solutions
and a fair digital operating environment within
an open data ecosystem.
• competitive and scalable traffic and mobility
services for both Finnish and international
markets
• Cost-efficient and scalable platforms and
solutions that will enable safe, low-emission
and user-oriented travel and transport chains
that combine different modes of transport.

12. ROUTE PLANNING
Functionalities for planning trips/journeys (multimodal or not) in connection
with transport services and situational data and information
BOOKING, SALES,
ORDER AND DELIVERY
Functions needed to purchase trips &
services
CUSTOMER TRIP AND DISPATCH
DATA
Statistical and up-to-date data from
trips and dispatch actions
PAYMENTS and TRANSACTIONS
Functionalities for payments,
transactions and clearing
DIGITAL B2C and B2B SERVICES
What customers see and experience
TRANSPORT SERVICES
PTA’s, TSP’s, Public transport, micromobility….
INFRASTRUCTURAL ASSETS
Road, rail and water routers; Stops, stations, harbors, terminals and other relevant transport infrastructure points
VALUE ADDING SERVICES
POI’s, shared data, Insurances…
SITUATIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION
Real time concerning traffic and infrastructural conditions (road works, speed
limits, maintenance status, traffic flows/jams)
IDENTIFICATION AND
AUTHORIZATION
Functionalities for managing
customer data (f.ex eligibilities)
Transport service ecosystem requires a
comprehensive set of capabilities
Transport service ecosystem is based on physical and digital elements. Service development and
operations require support from public players to enable digital business.

13. Traffic Data Rulebook accelerates fair data
economy within mobility services
• The rulebook aims to free up more data – with or without
fee – with commonly agreed formats.
• The rulebook is based on trust, sovereignity and voluntary
approach.
• The rulebook provides a many-to-many agreement framework and
eases legal work required for data sharing.
• The rulebook defines the rules for data sharing, provision
of data driven services and collaboration governance.
• The rulebook is based on Sitra’s Fair Data Economy
Playbook: https://www.sitra.fi/en/publications/rulebook-
for-a-fair-data-economy/
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14. Key Takeaways from Traffic Data Ecosystem
• Ecosystem operator should be neutral party.
Major business players can be biased or others
feel they are biased
• Co-operate!
• Rulebook is good baseline where to start data
sharing in ecosystem.
• Identify the most valuable dataset. Create
interoperability!
• Find value for parties for why to join ecosystem.
Create quick wins.
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16. Janne.Lautanala@fintraffic.fi
Linkedin.com/in/lautanala
@JanneLautanala