Opening transportation data can improve cities in several ways: Transportation - More people may prefer public transit over cars if open data leads to apps showing arrival times and delays, reducing traffic. Environment - Less car usage may decrease carbon emissions and air pollution. Economics - New apps and services based on open data can create jobs and commercial opportunities. The document discusses examples of open transportation data portals and apps in cities like Saint Petersburg and New York, and argues governments should publish more of their transportation data to encourage innovation. Opening just 1% of local government data on areas like transportation could help cities and save public money.

1. CASE FOR OPEN DATA IN TRANSIT
Vitaly Vlasov
Moscow, Roundtable W3C-HSE, October25 2012

2. Could one technology improve:
transportation system in the city
social challenge culture
ecological situation
economics
unemployment
make city sustainable?

3. Public transportation 2011
(number of passangers)
3,4 mln.
2,1 mln.
2,4 mln. 13,3 mln.
bus tram trolleybus subway
http://www.fedstat.ru/indicator/data.do?id=31315&referrerType=0&referrerId=1293271

4. GLONASS
Google maps Yandex maps Embark

5. «The decision to release
and support open transit
data online has spawned
a new ecosystem of mobile
applications»
Alexander Howard,
Government 2.0 Washington D.C,
correspondent for O’Reilly Media

6. Saint-Petersburg Transport portal
50 000
installs
http://transport.orgp.spb.ru
http://transport.orgp.spb.ru/Portal/transport/api/gtfs

7. • QR-codes on the stops
• forecast
of
transportation arrival
• real-time timetable
• game machanics to
attract people
http://qrasp.ru

8. Problem in transportation system
is cars
People dislike public transport because of delay and prefer
cars. No cars - no traffic jams

9. Imrove ecological situation
Carbon (CO2) emissions.
Harmful emissions are the cause of 30% of desease.

10. Resume
People prefer public transport then cars.
Transport Decrease traffic jams.
If people prefer public transport they use
Ecological (and buy) cars less. Descrease CO2
emmisions.
More pedestrian streets and spaces for
Social and culture rest, street art and culture
More commercial products and new
Economics and labour services based on open data, more
companies and more jobs.
Opening transport data helps to make city livable.

11. How it could be?
Let’s attract
We should people and companies
open data
Need to promote data.
Nobody don’t Let’s organize competition!
use it. Maybe we
don’t open data? Smart official Expert
Creative people
I have ideas how to
use open data!
It’s called
I tell my friends collaboration
in social networks!
It’s called «network» effect

12. NEW YORK CITY
Competition
http://2011.nycbigapps.com

13. SAINT-PETERSBURG
• October 6-7
• 24 hours
• 40 developers, 8 teams
http://opendatahackspb.pbworks.com

14. Expert
Government
community
Value Society Very important thing
Transparency Participation
Model that works Collaboration

15. Political choice
Today Russian Government should ensure
unprecedented transparency. Government has huge
massive of data which must be opened in structured
manner. We know that people are willing to create
socially-responsible services and expert community
can help them: indicate direction, train, support.

16. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
• Analyticalreport on implementation of Presidential Decree of
April 28, 2008 № 607 "On the evaluation of the effectiveness
of local government urban districts and municipal areas"
Inefficient use of money in 2010 =
180 billion rubles
Municipal areas Housing and
Healthcare Education
administration communal services
13,7 34,5
102,6 50,7
39,6
13,2 33,2 92,8
2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010
Let’s invest at least 1% in opening data
http://www.minregion.ru/activities/monitor/msu_evaluation/

17. Key points of Open Government plan
for US Department of transportation
1 2
Public engagment model
Open government
framework

18. 1. Public engagment model
Increase Transparency and Accountability by:
• Presenting in a clear manner departments' information about programs and objectives; and
• Continuing to release open data in a timely manner by proactively making it available online in
consistent, open formats, while ensuring accuracy and protecting privacy, security, and
confidentiality.
Apply Citizen Knowledge Through Participation to Government Service by:
• Maintaining commitment to collecting and responding to public input on Open Government
policies and programs in innovative ways; and
• Continuing to create opportunities for public participation in problem identification and idea
generation.
Encourage Collaboration and Innovation by:
• Enhancing collaboration with other Federal agencies, the private sector, and other non-government
organizations in providing mission-related services; and
• Enhancing efforts to stimulate innovation from govenment's data and information.
Institutionalize an Open DOT Culture by:
• Encouraging commitment to Open Government principles at all levels;
• Encouraging a cross-modal, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and engaged workforce through
enhanced communication, governance, and guidance regarding Open Government tools and
programs; and
• Maintaining commitment to data-driven DOT decision-making, by increasing employee awareness
of open data and information.

19. 2. Open government framework
Assess: Understand the current state
Plan: Determine direction and tie strategies to outcomes
Implement: Make change
Measure: Monitor changes in performance metrics
Improve: Iterate on the plan and approaches to improve performance

20. 3. Example of process for engaging employees
PVAT - Public Value Assessment Tool
http://www.ctg.albany.edu/publications/online/pvat/

21. 5. Example of initiatives of
US department of
transportation

22. THANK YOU!
Vitaly Vlasov
inxaoc@gmail.com
www.HackGovernment.ru