AITPM presentation

1. Open Transport and Traffic
Data
A new 'virtual' infrastructure
Philip Blake

2. Digital Disruption
 Trying to predict the future is like trying to
drive down a country road at night with no
lights while looking out the back window.
(Peter Drucker)
 It is impossible to predict the time and
progress of revolution. It is governed by its
own more or less mysterious laws.
(Vladimir Lenin)

3. Digital Disruption
 1900’s – cars, motorcycles and trucks
 2000’s – digital technologies and
communications
 Government roles?
 Industry roles?

5. Policy Framework for Intelligent
Transport Systems in Australia
 ITS development and implementation must
deliver demonstrable benefits
◦ ITS planning and implementation will facilitate
competition and consumer-driven outcomes
 The policy environment in which ITS are
developed and implemented must be robust
and dynamic,
◦ regulatory and non-regulatory processes.

6. Traveller and traffic information
supply chain
From Austroads (2010), Research Report AP-R352-10 The Commercial and Core Function Role of
Road Agencies in Providing Raw Data and/or Traveller Information

7. Business Models
 Contract business model
 Partnership business model

8. Current Channels
 Australian Traffic Network
 Intelematics / SUNA
 Google Maps Traffic
 WAZE
 Gettraffic
 HERE
 Navigation Systems
 Tomtom

9. Current Channels
 Government

10. Open data policy responses

12.  Customer Types
◦ Industry
◦ App Developers
◦ Public
◦ Transport and road agency operations and planning
Real-time traffic information

13. Real-time traffic information
 Interviewed public complacent / not overly
concerned about general traffic delays
 More interested in Incidents, Events and Roadworks
 Pre-trip planning seems to be rare
 Perception of radio info is very mixed
 No apparent open data
standard
◦ Create public ‘language’ for
traffic information similar to
weather bureau ‘language’
for weather

14. App developers need to know
 If the data and API documentation is kept
◦ up to date,
◦ reliable
◦ online
 Licenses or agreements to use the data

15. Creative commons
 Free licence
 Allows
◦ sharing of data
◦ reuse
◦ remixing
◦ innovation

16. Real-time traffic information
 During routine daily activities
 In emergency situations

17. Supporting data
 Places real-time data into context
 To create information
 Quality is crucial

18. Cooperative ITS
 Wireless communications
◦ between vehicles
◦ with roadside infrastructure
 Enables the next generation of systems that
◦ cooperatively
work together
◦ deliver safety,
efficiency and
environmental
outcomes

19. Cooperative ITS
Source: US DOT

20. Cooperative ITS
 Facing new or enhanced responsibilities
◦ key stakeholders in supply chain
◦ To meet emerging map data requirements

21. Multiple pressures
 Consumers of digital
transport and traffic products
◦ Digital app developer industry
 Open Data policy
 Demands for improved
project planning rigour and
transparency
 Cooperative Intelligent
Transport Systems

22. A new type of public
infrastructure for transport
 Basic core data resource
 Paradigm shift
◦ From internal planning, design and operational
resource
→To public good resource that is continually available

23. A new type of public
infrastructure for transport

24. A new type of public
infrastructure for transport
 Scenario: A new road
 Soon:
◦ a road agency will not open a new road without the
virtual data infrastructure also being available
 Project scope: expand to include data change
control.
◦ This may entail versioning and release control
 A new ‘virtual’ road added to the network
◦ ‘street directory’ business model (printed or
electronic) will not be acceptable

25. Privacy
 Real and perceived concerns
 NTC
◦ Recommendations to address privacy
issues raised include:
◦ Adopt privacy-by-design principles
◦ Seek the highest possible level of
anonymity with C-ITS data messages
◦ Specific legislative protections may
need to be developed if individuals can
be reasonably identifiable

26. Conclusions
 Uncertainty
 Performance standards
◦ No digital potholes
◦ Enhanced approaches to data management
 How will government respond?
◦ Local government?
◦ ‘Impresarios’?
 Difficulty of cultural shift?
 Privacy concerns (real or perceived)?

27. A ‘virtual’ public infrastructure
for transport
 The new reality in the digital age