MobilityData Coffee Meetup
2023-09-21 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Mulberry Coffehouse, 193 James St N, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
MobilityData will be hosting a Coffee Meetup while at the NABSA Conference.
When: September 21st, 12:30pm
Where: Mulberry Coffeehouse 193 James St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 2L2

[Specifications discussions] GTFS-Fares v2 – Monthly meetings
2023-09-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-10-24 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-28 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-01-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-27 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-04-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
This meeting is public and designed for the community working with GTFS feeds. The content of this event is technical and not destined for business development.
What
Type of meeting: Technical specifications discussion
Date: 4th Tuesday of the month
Time: 11:00 EST (08:00 PST – 17:00 CET)
Frequency: monthly
Duration: 60 minutes
Language: English
Host: Isabelle de Robert and Tzu-Jen Chan
Why this meeting
Let’s come together to make a real impact on the future of public transportation!
Our regular meetings for the GTFS-Fares v2 extension are an opportunity for us to collaboratively work through open proposals and drive progress forward. Each meeting will have a unique agenda focused on what’s currently being worked on, including updates, discussions on requirements, prioritizing the next steps, and unblocking any obstacles for contributors.
This meeting is open to all; anyone can join even if it’s just to listen.
Expected outcomes
More efficient use of everyone’s precious time and energy.
Greater accountability and follow-through.
Better alignment and understanding of goals and priorities.
Improved collaboration and teamwork.

GeoJSON in GTFS? - From Discussion to Reality
2023-09-27 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
🦜 In response to the discussions held last August, MobilityData has reviewed your comments and expectations.
In this document, we have included a stakeholder outreach findings, a comparative analysis between GeoJSON and GPKG, as well as 2 options to consider and a suggestion.
👀 TL;DR
MobilityData has reached out to stakeholders representing agencies/users with limited technical capacity and resources to make sure that we are aware of possible implications for them.
Based on the feedback, we propose introducing GeoJSON as the format for expressing vector geospatial data in GTFS, especially for polygon and linestring geometry.
We propose addressing locations.geojson (polygons) first and addressing shapes.geojson (linestring/route shapes) afterward.
📯 P﻿lease review and leave a comment in this document before attending this meeting.
T﻿his meeting will cover the points highlighted in the document, confirm consensus around the option and propose a path forward for GeoJSON in GTFS.
📔 P﻿lease let us know if you would like to propose and present an alternative during the meeting, we can reserve a few minutes for you.
D﻿isclaimer: This is not a GTFS-Flex working group meeting

TransportationCamp NYC
2023-10-14 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
TransportationCamp NYC 2023 is returning to Brooklyn!
TransportationCamp NYC will be held on Saturday, October 14th at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering in Downtown Brooklyn. Join us to discuss all things transportation and connect with professionals, students, and enthusiasts alike!
TransportationCamp is an unconference – every session is planned, proposed, and led by attendees like you. It’s the perfect opportunity to share your transportation passion with a diverse gathering of individuals from our multidisciplinary industry.
TransportationCamp welcomes all attendees, whether you’re a planner, software developer, engineer, student, transportation professional, community member, policymaker, or just excited about mobility!
REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Secure your spot and RSVP here.
Event Schedule
9:00AM: Doors Open; Check-In and Breakfast
10:00AM: Welcome and Kick-Off
11:15AM: Breakout Session 1
12:15PM: Lunch and Networking
1:15PM: Breakout Session 2
2:30PM: Breakout Session 3
3:45PM: Breakout Session 4
5:00PM: Happy Hour
Presenting?
Thinking about presenting at a session? Sessions may come in a variety of formats: informal discussions, birds-of-a-feather, lightning talks, presentations, open space technology, and others. We welcome experts, but really you just need to care about transportation issues or be nerds about it like us. The important thing is that you bring your ideas and enthusiasm, and engage! All the breakout rooms are equipped with a projector or whiteboard. We will be handing out session idea cards throughout registration. If you have an idea for a session, feel free to write it down in advance and bring it with you to the event.
Student Scholarship
Applications are now open for our scholarship essay! Make sure you submit your essay by Monday, October 9 at 11:59pm EDT to enter for a chance to win $500!
Pre-Camp Happy Hour
Thanks to our friends at YPT-NYC, we’ll be hosting a Happy Hour on Thursday, October 12 at 6pm. Join us at The Brazen Head in Brooklyn to reacquaint yourself with old friends and meet new ones before Camp on Saturday! Learn more and register here.
Post-Camp Happy Hour
In coordination with WTS-GNY, we’ll also be hosting a Happy Hour immediately after Camp on Saturday evening. Continue your conversations from the unconference at Circa Brewing before heading out for the night!
Hudson River Park Bike Tour
On Sunday, October 15, we’ll be hosting a bike tour along the Hudson River Greenway beginning at 1pm. Join us to ride from Battery Park all the way to Midtown and learn about various points of interest along the way. Don’t have a bike? That’s okay! We’ll be starting and ending at a CitiBike dock. More details to come soon!
MobilityData’s North American Workshop
On October 16 and 17, just after TransportationCamp NYC, MobilityData will be holding their North American Workshop in New York City! Register here for this two-day event dedicated to discussing mobility through the lens of data. This workshop is meant for people who are all about mobility data, how to standardize it, how to exchange it, and how to leverage it!
MobilityData is the global nonprofit dedicated to developing the open-source data formats that provide traveler information. MobilityData also focuses on creating spaces for knowledge exchange, bringing together public and private stakeholders to build the mobility of today and tomorrow.
First Time at a TransportationCamp?
How To TransportationCamp: Review the TransportationCamp 101 guide that explains all aspects of the event.
Participation Encouraged: Sessions are formed as the day goes on, so be sure to come with topics for discussion. If you have an idea, feel free to share and add your thoughts.
Rule of Two Feet: Never hesitate to leave a session if you suddenly find it’s not for you, or if there’s another session that you want to check out, too!
Social Media
Make sure you’re up to date by following us on Twitter @TranspoCampNYC, and by subscribing to our email updates. And keep the conversation going! Tag your tweets, Instagram photos, and more with the official event hashtag: #TCNYC23

MobilityData North American Workshop
2023-10-16 08:00 - 2023-10-17 17:00 (America/Toronto)
A 2-day event dedicated solely to mobility through the lens of data.
MobilityData enables interoperability in transportation systems. We identify interests shared by stakeholders, respond with data formats and shared data infrastructure, and support the adoption of standardized data practices worldwide.
This year’s event will be a 2-day Workshop format of about 60 people. An event for everyone to join technical discussions & workshops to solve specific problems, build features or roadmaps together. This event is dedicated to people who are all about mobility data, how to standardize it, how to exchange it, and how to leverage it.
The program is now available.
October 16th and 17th 2023
Location:
TransitCenter
1 Whitehall St, 17th floor
New York, NY, USA

GTFS-Flex Working Group Meeting
2023-11-01 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
👋 After a 2 month break, we can finally resume the GTFS-Flex working group meeting. This meeting is intended to facilitate the adoption process of GTFS-Flex as described in this Pull Request on GitHub.
In the last 2 months, we held 2 meetings concerning the inclusion of GeoJSON in GTFS. Here were some highlights:
🌐 In total, we had 73 participants from across the globe
🤝 We reached a soft consensus on moving forward with GeoJSON as the format for zones [locations.geojson] within the GTFS-Flex extension.
⏸️ The use of shapes and stops will remain unchanged for now as these seem to be needing more discussion.
⚠️ During this meeting, we will discuss the remaining outstanding items that are currently blocking the extension from being put to a vote.
⏳ T﻿he meeting will be held at 5pm EDT on November 1 ,2023. We understand that this is an unusual time for many of you but as a commitment to our global stakeholders in all timezones, we promised to accommodate them too when the time came.
🚂 Ideally, we can find consensus on these issues and then draw a clear path towards a vote for adoption.
Meanwhile, we would like to invite you to join the GTFS community in the following discussions:
♾️ Continue the GeoJSON in GTFS discussion on GitHub.
📫 Join the GTFS-Flex discussion and contribute to its official adoption.
🕸️ Visit the GTFS-Flex extension webpage and help us keep it up to date by adding your current experimental GTFS-Flex implementations.
🔔 Join the larger GTFS community on MobilityData’s slack and remain up to date with developments.
C﻿an’t make the meeting? no problem.
Write down your comments and concerns in the GitHub Pull Request. We will also summarize the meeting in the GitHub Pull Request.
o﻿r
Contact us at specification@mobilitydata.org. We can provide you with a recording or a summary

MobiDataThon
2023-11-06 08:00 - 2023-11-21 17:00 (America/Toronto)
The coding phase is the last step of the MobiDataLab innovation adventure. After the exploitation of mobility data to make it usable for new and better services development in the datathon, and the creation of digital solutions to help cities solve concrete mobility challenges in the hackathon, programing will finally implement the innovations, concretely providing outcomes which will improve urban mobility with the support of data.
Programmers will be the main target of this event. But both data scientists andsolution developers are warmly invited to join. Do not miss the final step to show mobility data sharing will change urban transport!
Where and When?
Online Kick off webinar on November 6, 2023
Remote Programming period from November 6 to November 21, 2023
Online Pitching sessions on November 22, 23 and 24, 2023
Award ceremony in Leuven on November 27, 2023.
Venue: KU Leuven (LIM–SADL), Aula Emma Vorlat, E. Van Evenstraat 4, Leuven

Mobility Data Days 2023
2023-11-07 08:00 - 2023-11-09 17:00 (Europe/Budapest)

State of the Map Europe
2023-11-10 08:00 - 2023-11-12 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
This year’s State of the Map Europe Conference (SotM EU), taking place in Belgium, will bring together the brightest and most active members of the OpenStreetMap mapping and developing community for a detailed exchange of results and ideas that support the continued success of the various initiatives by strengthening the ongoing projects and collaboration.

OMF Summit
2023-11-14 12:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
CoMotion is proud to host the OMF Summit as part of CoMotion LA ‘23. At the OMF Summit, you will have the chance to explore the latest advancements in our flagship tools, the Mobility Data Specification (MDS) and Curb Data Specification (CDS), and envision a smarter, digitally integrated urban world.
The OMF Summit will take place at the Japanese American National Museum on the first day of CoMotion LA on November 14, 2023. Whether you’re a city official, mobility service provider, software developer, or urban planner, the OMF Summit provides a forum to unlock innovative solutions and advance OMF’s mission of transforming the way cities manage transportation in the modern era.

2023 ANNUAL POLIS CONFERENCE
2023-11-29 08:00 - 2023-11-30 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
The Annual POLIS Conference 2023 will take place on 29-30 November in Leuven, Belgium.
The Annual POLIS Conference is Europe’s leading sustainable urban mobility event, providing an opportunity for cities and regions to showcase their transport achievements to a large audience of mobility experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from both the public and private sector.
After a record-breaking edition in 2022, the POLIS Team and our Conference host and current President City of Leuven are glad to welcome you to another fantastic Conference.

Happy Hour - Portland
2023-12-05 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Vancouver)
Save the date!
MobilityData will be hosting a Happy Hour to end the year in good company, in Portland, OR on Tuesday, December 5th, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m at the Tope rooftop bar. Looking to discuss the wins of the year, network with some peers, and meet with Gretchen Newcomb, MobilityData’s Director of Partnerships? This is your chance!
Anyone from the mobility community is welcome to join us.
To ensure the logistics of the event, please RSVP here before November 29th.
We’re looking forward to meeting you in person!

Members end-of-year event 🌟
2023-12-06 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
Our annual end-of-the-year members meeting will be held on December 6th 🌟

This is your time to proudly showcase your successes and learning of the year!
Networking breakouts will be hosted
Overview of MobilityData retrospective

Event is held on Zoom, from 11 am to 12pm ET (8 am PT, 5 pm CET)

Happy Hour - Montreal
2023-12-11 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto)
MobilityData organisera un Happy Hour pour clôturer l’année en bonne compagnie, à Montréal, Canada, le 11 Décembre, de 17 h à 19 h. Vous souhaitez discuter des succès de l’année, réseauter avec vos pairs et rencontrer l’équipe de MobilityData ? C’est votre chance !
Toute personne de la communauté de la mobilité est la bienvenue. Toute l’équipe montréalaise de MobilityData sera présente. Nous remercions Busbud de nous accueillir dans leurs bureaux du Mile End!
Pour assurer la logistique de l’événement, veuillez RSVP ici avant le 5 Décembre.
Nous sommes impatient.e.s de vous rencontrer en personne !
MobilityData will be hosting a Happy Hour to end the year in good company, in Montreal, Canada on Monday December 11th, from 5 to 7 p.m. Looking to discuss the wins of the year, network with some peers and meet with the MobilityData team? This is your chance!
Anyone from the mobility community is welcome to join us. The whole MobilityData team will be present. We thank Busbud for welcoming us to their Mile End offices!
To ensure the logistics of the event, please RSVP here before December 5th.
We’re looking forward to meeting you in person!

Expert panel - CIE Benchmarking Bike Share in 148 Cities
2023-12-12 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Brussels)
Join us for an insightful webinar on December 12th at 3PM CET as our Product Manager in Shared Mobility, Josée Sabourin, participates in the CIE Mobility Afternoons Series. 🌐
🔍 Topic: Benchmarking Bike Share in 148 Cities – Follow-up session with the experts
🌍 About the Session: Following the success of CIE’s benchmarking study “Shared Ambition,” dive into a Q&A format with a panel of bike-sharing experts, including Josée Sabourin. Learn more about the benchmarking analysis that ranked 148 cities based on the effectiveness of their bike-sharing schemes. Discover key performance indicators and insights to enhance your city’s bike-sharing initiatives.
🗣️ Our Expert Panel:

Marion Galan Alfonso, Donkey Republic
Mareike Rauchhaus, Tier by nextbike
Sebastian Schlebusch, Dott
Gian Carlo Crivello, PBSC
Jaron Borensztajn, Cargoroo
Caroline Van Renterghem, Fifteen
Sébastien Marteau, Fluctuo
Josée Sabourin, MobilityData
Kevin Mayne, Cycling Industries Europe

🎤 Moderator: Kristian Brink, CEO, Urban Sharing
📈 Session Highlights:

Cities that performed well and why
Key performance indicators for successful bike sharing
Strategies to improve your city’s ranking

📅 Save the Date: Tuesday, December 12th, 3PM CET
🔗 Registration: Click here to register
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to gain tailored guidance from bike-sharing experts. Let’s pedal towards a future of sustainable and effective mobility together! 🌱🚴‍♀️

Boston Holidays meet up
2023-12-18 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | 24 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138, 24 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Join our Executive Director Eric Plosky for a MobilityData holiday coffee in Harvard Square, Cambridge!
If you’re a tech enthusiast, an industry professional, or just someone who wants to be part of a transportation community, feel free to drop by for a hot beverage and some holiday cheer.
📍Holiday coffee in Cambridge
🗓️ Monday, December 18
☕ 24 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 (Capital One Cafe)
⏰ 9:00-11:00 am ET
(Please send a note to Eric if you are planning to drop by!)

2024 TRB Coffee Meet Up
2024-01-09 12:30 (America/Toronto) | La Colombe DC, 900 6th St NW, Washington, DC, United States
☕ 🗣️ 🚌
We all love to start the year with the classic combo of Transportation Camp and TRB in Washington, DC in early January!
We will host our traditional Coffee Meet Up on Tuesday, January 9th, 2023, from ​​12:30 to 2 pm at La Colombe Coffee (900 6th St NW, Washington, DC, USA). Everyone is welcome to join us!

☕ TRB Coffee Meet Up
⏰ January 9th, 2023, from ​​12:30 to 2 pm
📍La Colombe Coffee (900 6th St NW, Washington, DC, USA)

GTFS Trip-Modifications - Discussing the Proposal
2024-01-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
👋 This meeting is intended to facilitate discussions around the GTFS Trip-Modifications proposal by Transit and Swiftly.
Trip-Modifications are modifications done to a trip to modify its shape, remove stops that are not served anymore, and potentially add temporary stops. Trip-Modifications is mainly used in a detour use case.
📝 The topics of discussion are:

GTFS-TripModification vs NewTrips
Stop sequence vs reference with only stop id
Bus bridge proposal
Potential new or experimental fields : last updated timestamp, link with service alerts

🚂 Ideally, we can find consensus on these issues.
🤓 Learn more about GTFS Trip-Modifications by reading the following blog posts:

How Transit and Swiftly put bus detours on the map
How Swiftly and Transit put bus detours on the map

🔔 Join the larger GTFS community on MobilityData’s slack and remain up to date with developments.
Can’t make the meeting? no problem.
Write down your comments and concerns in the GitHub Pull Request. We will also summarize the meeting in the GitHub Pull Request.
or
Contact us at specification@mobilitydata.org

GTFS-Flex working group
2024-01-17 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Toronto)
GTFS-Flex – Working Group Meeting – Implementation & Testing | January 17, 2024 @ 10 AM EST

Sign up here

Topics to discuss in Flex meeting:

Should we include normalization of location_groups in a separate file (similar structure to areas/stop_areas) OR add description in location_groups to coherently capture why different tables share an ID namespace.
Should we rework naming convention of location_groups.txt and locations.geojson

Can’t make the meeting? no problem. Just contact us

🏛️ 🌍 Annual General Assembly - Members' event
2024-03-20 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto)
This event is only for members of MobilityData.
🖍️ If you are not yet a member, sign up now!
🗳️ Four board members will be elected. Send your candidate application before Friday, March 8th!

Type of meeting: Annual General Assembly
Frequency: yearly
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: English

The event is held on Zoom, from 11 am to 12:30 pm EST.

Open Source Founders Summit 2024
2024-05-27 09:00 - 2024-05-28 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Le Loft des Écluses, 159 Quai de Valmy, Paris, 75010, France

GTFS-Flex: it’s adopted, now let’s implement it!
2024-06-04 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
Help riders explore demand-responsive transport:
Learn how to implement GTFS-Flex
June 4th, 2024, 11 am – 12 pm EST

📌 Sign up here! 📌

👋 🚌 In this online event, the MobilityData team will explain how to implement GTFS-Flex.
GTFS-Flex has been officially adopted into the specification, with record participation from our key contributors and the community: 46 organizations in 17 countries over 6 continents. We hosted multiple working group meetings and with the support of community contributors, GTFS-Flex has been tested in real-world settings, and then officially adopted in GTFS, after eleven years of development.
🎉 We’re excited to offer riders the value of flexible and accessible on-demand transportation with GTFS-Flex thanks to our community and contributors!

🛠️ Now it’s time to implement GTFS-Flex, let’s discover how!
Host: Tzu-Jen Chan, Data Analyst, MobilityData
Agenda:

How to model use cases with Flex
Who is implementing GTFS-Flex worldwide
Use cases covered by Flex
Flexible service features
Presentation of free MobilityData resources
Q&A

🧭 What is GTFS-Flex?
Imagine traveling in a new city, and you’d like to reach a rural area that only offers an on-demand bus service. You check your preferred trip planner app and can’t find a viable public transportation option, so you end up renting a car. It would be a shame not to use public transportation when it’s within reach.
Flex is a part of GTFS that allows riders to discover Demand Responsive Transportation Services. This is especially exciting for rural transit providers who can look to start or expand flexible transit services with the confidence that riders can find those services more easily.

Micromobility Europe - 2024
2024-06-05 - 2024-06-06 | The Kromhouthal, Gedempt Hamerkanaal 231, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1021 KP, Netherlands

Velo-City
2024-06-18 - 2024-06-21

UITP North America Forum 2024
2024-06-23 - 2024-06-26
The UITP North America Forum is an annual conference aimed to offer the North America region UITP’s worldwide resources for global connectivity and knowledge, bringing together the most current information and developments for our urban transit industry. The 7th Edition of UITP North America Forum is an opportunity to bring members from around the world.
