MobilityData

TOMP-API summer meetup
2022-09-02 12:30 - 21:30 (Europe/Paris) | Gand, Kon. Maria Hendrikaplein 65B, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
For the past two years, the TOMP working group meetings have been forced to be held online via Teams, but that is now about to change. At the initiative of Tjalle Groen and the Working Team 4, a Summer meetup will be held on September 2, 2022. When looking for a suitable location within Europe, the Flemish city of Ghent (Belgium) was chosen as the central point within Europe. The sympathetic and hospitable residents of Ghent know what good living is and are happy to welcome the TOMP working group. More info: https://tomp-wg.org/?p=561

Benelux Mobility-as-a-Service (‘MaaS’) project day
2022-08-09 10:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Paris) | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
This event is led by the Benelux/NRW Living Laboratory for MaaS. It is invitation-only.
MobilityData will present its perspective on the convergence of standards.
The Benelux MaaS project, also called ‘Benelux/NRW Living Laboratory for MaaS’, is a project supported by different regions within the Benelux Area, and by Nord-Rhine Westphalia (NRW). In this first step, the goal of the project is to establish a common ground between different stakeholders to facilitate a multimodal, seamless, cross border travel experience between the different Benelux regions.
The Working Group aims to design a common solution for the booking, validation and justification of payment for all types of public transport. The starting point of the project is the cross border ticketing project of both the ‘Aachener Verkehrsverbund’ and the ‘Limburg MaaS project’. Through their applications a passenger can check in on either side of the border and check out on the other side, using their home account.

The 2022 International Mobility Data Summit
2022-06-06 09:00 - 2022-06-07 22:30 (America/Toronto)
MobilityData is proud to present the first event dedicated to mobility data and its ecosystem on June 6th and 7th, 2022 in Montreal, Canada. Keynotes, panels, and working sessions are part of the program for our international attendees.
Stay tuned for further details on how you can get involved!

Introduction to GBFS and GTFS
2022-04-27 | Online
New to the world of public transit? New to the world of shared mobility? New to the world of mobility data? GBFS and/or GTFS vaguely ring a bell but you are not sure what it is, how it is used, and how it will change your work?
MobilityData has the perfect webinar for you: an introduction to GBFS and GTFS. In the course of 90-minutes, our specialists and expert will tell you all about:

GBFS and GTFS history
Their features
Their ecosystem
The resources at hand
How MobilityData can help you take them further

The event details are:

Date: April 27, 2022
Time: 09:00 CEST and 11:00 EDT (08:00 PDT)
Language: English
Price: free of charge

If you have missed the event, you can access its replay here.

[Members only] Technical presentation: Thriving ecosystem resources & tools
2022-04-13 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
This event is for our members only, it is not open to the public.
Producers and consumers of GBFS and/or GTFS, have you ever wondered where to find the latest and most up-to-date feeds? We have the perfect event for you!
Over the past quarter, MobilityData’s Thriving Ecosystem team has transitioned TransitFeeds.com to the Mobility Database catalogs. In this interactive session, Emma Blue, our Product Manager for Thriving Ecosystem will share the feedback that contributed to this transition, demo the first version of the catalogs and facilitate a discussion about what you want to see next. Get your questions and inputs ready, we will give you the floor to guide the next features to develop.
The session will be interactive and dynamic, mark it down in your calendar!
🎯 Technical presentation of the Thriving ecosystem resources & tools
🗓️ Wednesday, April 13th – 11:00 EDT (08:00 PDT, 17:00 CEST)

Governance & Integration working group meeting
2022-04-01 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
As 2022 gets underway, POLIS Working Group for Governance & Integration begins with a bang!
The POLIS Working Group for Governance & Integration discusses key challenges faced by local and regional authorities when developing policies and strategies to accelerate the shift to sustainable urban mobility, improve equity and safeguard the public interest, and deal with cutting-edge innovation.
On 1st April the group will hold its first hybrid meeting of the year, and this is certainly not one to miss! We talk MOMENTUM, dealing with disruption and data sharing. It is a packed agenda, exploring the cutting edge issues in sustainable urban mobility.
Session # 1
Deciding with Momentum
How can cities exploit the full potential of emerging mobility solutions? EU-funded MOMENTUM project developed a set of new data analysis methods, transport models and planning support tools, to capture the impact of new transport options on urban mobility, and help cities design the right policy mix. As the project draws to a close, it’s time to share key insights.
Session # 2
Delivering with Disruption
As successive climate crisis alarms increase the pressure to decarbonize transport, and digital technologies feed an ever-growing variety of new mobility services, key questions remain. In this session we’ll have a structured dialogue, properly facilitated and open to all participants. Input will be used to inspire and support POLIS activities and its members.
Session # 3 — Featuring Newton DAVIS and Tu-Tho THAI from MobilityData
Dealing with Data
Many people call data the “new oil”, and it seems to be popping up everywhere – fuelling business, boosting research, driving decisions. Great opportunities abound, but great challenges too, for both the private and the public sector.

Industry Discussion - Putting shared mobilities on the map
2022-03-23 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
This event is open to all
The General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS) has evolved a lot since the public presentation of its roadmap. We added car-sharing with the support of the community, we supported bike-sharing services with their integration into trip planning applications, and so much more. So, let’s take some time to review all these changes and discuss how to further put shared mobilities on the map.
The event will be hosted by MobilityData’s Shared Mobility team. They will be joined by three of our members who have made shared mobilities their focus:

Francis Chabouis, Developper, Transport Data Gouv (French NAP);
Michael Schnuerle, Director of Open Source Operations, Open Mobility Foundation (OMF);
Sébastien Marteau, Head of Business Development, Fluctuo.

🎯 Industry Discussion – Putting shared mobilities on the map
🗓️ Wednesday, March 23rd – 11:00 EDT (08:00 PDT, 16:00 CET)
☑️ https://share.mobilitydata.org/IndustryEvent-SharedMobility

South by Southwest
2022-03-18
South by Southwest is just around the corner and Gretchen Newcomb, our North American Partnership Director, will be hosting on March 18th a panel about «Connecting the Mobility Dots Via Open Data».
Crissy Ditmore (Optibus), Logan Nash (MBTA), Karina Ricks (USDOT – FTA) and Johanna Zmud (RSG) will discuss how standardized transportation data intersects and informs scalability across all transportation sectors as well as reveal transport data’s role in fostering social and economic benefits related to accessibility, equity, and climate change.

Autonomy Paris
2022-03-17 15:25 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Paris Porte de Versailles, 1 Pl. de la Prte de Versailles, Paris, 75015, France
MobilityData will host a panel at @Autonomy Paris to shed light on a “Community success story: putting car-sharing on the map & advancing travelers’ information together”
Our panelists will be:

Myriad ALI – Open Mobility Data manager – Transport Data Gouv
Nicolas FRASIE – Head of Development and Public Affairs for Europe – Communauto
Alfred NDONGMEZA – Head of Business Development & Partnerships – Monkey Factory
Christophe DUQUESNE – Mobility Data expert – Aurige, Data4PT, CEN

The host of the panel will be Tu-Tho Thai, our Director, Partnerships.
Do not miss them and join them at the event’s Main stage on March 17 at 15:25 (CET)!

[Members only] Spring networking
2022-03-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
This event is for our members only, it is not open to the public.
Conferences and Events will bloom again with the spring coming back soon. Let’s take advantage of the first week of March to have our first networking session of the year! Members, join the session to meet our team, other members to build the future of travelers’ information together.

[Members only] Technical presentation: The Canonical GTFS Schedule Validator
2022-02-16 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
This event is for our members only, it is not open to the public.
Producers and consumers of GTFS Schedule, are you looking into improving the quality of transit data? We have the perfect event for you!
Isabelle de Robert, our Product Manager for High-Quality Data will host an in-depth presentation of the Canonical GTFS Schedule Validator. Open to our members only, you will be given a complete tour of the validator and she will take the time to answer every single question you have. Get your questions and inputs ready, we will give you the floor to guide the next features to develop.
The session will be interactive and dynamic, mark it down in your calendar!
🎯 Technical presentation of the Canonical GTFS Schedule Validator
🗓️ Wednesday, February 16th – 11:00 EST (08:00 PDT, 17:00 CET)

[Members only] Annual General Assembly 2022
2022-02-02 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Online
This event is for our members only, with voting rights for members of the Silver level and above.
Agenda:

Presentation of the Year 3
Presentation of the Year 4
Approval of Financial Statements
Approval of Audit firm
Vote for a Board member

[Members only] Members' networking
2021-12-15 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
For our last event of the year 2021, we wanted to give create a special space for our members. We are giving them the mic!

About this event

When: December 15, 2021 at 11:00 ET (17:00 CET – 16:00 UTC)
Where: Online
Duration: 60 minutes
What we have in store for you: 👇

1️⃣ The first part will be dedicated to the presentation of MobilityData’s achievements for 2021 and our roadmap for 2022.
2️⃣ The second part (much longer) will be dedicated to a pitch session for all our members. They will be given 5 minutes to introduce their mission/products/solutions. The floor will be theirs!

Why is this event special 🤩: It’s an open floor for all our members! 🎤
How to register: send us an email to partnership@mobilitydata.org

Introduction to GBFS and GTFS
2021-12-08 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto)
New to the world of public transit? New to the world of shared mobility? New to the world of mobility data? GBFS and/or GTFS vaguely ring a bell but you are not sure what it is, how it is used, and how it will change your work?
The MobilityData Academy has the perfect webinar for you: an introduction to GBFS and GTFS. In the course of 90-minutes, our specialists and expert will tell you all about:

GBFS and GTFS history
Their features
The ecosystem
The resources at hand

The event details are:

Date: December 8, 2021
Time: 11:00 EST (08:00 PST – 16:00 UTC – 17:00 CET)
Language: English
Price: free of charge
Registration: bit.ly/Intro-GBFS-GTFS-event

Register now and help us spread the word to your colleagues and/or partners.

ITS America 2021
2021-12-07 - 2021-12-10 | Charlotte Convention Center, 501 S College St, Charlotte, NC, 28202, United States
Reimagine Technology at the ITS America 2021 Annual Meeting

The ITS America Annual Meeting is a meeting place for our community of intelligent transportation professionals to network, connect, and form the partnerships this environment requires. This event will bring together the entire intelligent transportation community for four (4) days of thought-provoking education, networking, technical tours, and demonstrations exploring products, emerging technologies, and solutions that will enable a better future transformed by intelligent mobility. Join other transportation leaders and influencers as we discuss and explore the deployment of intelligent transportation technologies that saves lives, improves mobility, promotes sustainability, and increases efficiency and productivity.

MobilityData team will be present and moderate the panel “The Who, What, How, and Why of Leading Open Transportation Data Standards”. Newton Davis (Partnerships, Europe) will be our moderator and Heidi Guenin (Director, Product – Shared Mobility) will be our expert speaker. Don’t miss them and register now!

[Thriving Ecosystem event] 🚕 GOFS project & Panel by working group members
2021-11-17 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Are you working in the realm of on-demand services? Are you looking to understand more about them? We have an event for you!

About this event

When: November 17, 2021 at 11:00 ET (17:00 CET – 16:00 UTC)
Where: Online
Duration: 60 minutes
What we have in store for you: 👇

1️⃣ The first half will be dedicated to the presentation of MobilityData’s GOFS project, its successes, and its roadmap. You will learn all about what we have done so far, what we are aiming for, and how YOU can help us achieve better inclusion of on-demand services in multimodal journeys.
2️⃣ The second half will be dedicated to a panel featuring members of the GOFS working group. They will share with you their perspective on the project and why they believe it is important to move forwards.

Why is this event special 🤩: Usually, it is a members’ only meeting. But, we decided to open it to the entire community! The event is public and free, but you must register to attend it. 👉 https://bit.ly/GOFS-event

[Thriving Ecosystem Event] 🚲 🛴 🛵 🤝 GBFS Roadmap & Networking
2021-11-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Are you part of the amazing Shared Mobility community? Are you using GBFS but not sure who else is doing so? We have an event for you!

When: November 3rd, 2021 at 11:00 EDT (16:00 CET – 15:00 UTC)
Where: Online
Duration: 60 minutes
What we have in store for you: 👇

1️⃣ The first half will be dedicated to the presentation of MobilityData’s GBFS roadmap and what will be the biggest milestones that will impact the shared mobility community in the coming months.
2️⃣ The second half will be dedicated to networking! Come and meet other international stakeholders that act in our ecosystem.

Why is this event special 🤩: Usually, it is a members’ only meeting. But, we decided to open it to the entire community! The event is public and free, but you must register to attend it. 👉 https://bit.ly/GBFS-roadmap-event

NABSA Annual Conference
2021-10-29
The NABSA Annual Conference is the leading global venue for bikeshare, shared micromobility, and transportation leaders, practitioners, equipment providers to tackle important issues facing the industry. Join us to learn, network, and chart the future of bikeshare and shared micromobility.
MobilityData’s entire shared mobility team will be present at the event. Don’t miss the opportunity to catch up with them!

Reuters Events Mobility - Flagship conference
2021-10-26 08:00 - 2021-10-28 17:00 (America/Toronto)
Reuters is hosting a major mobility industry event around Digitalization, Sustainability & Smart Cities from Oct. 26th to 28th.
«Regulating the Data Exchange – A Public-Private Governance Strategy for MaaS» is the topic of the panel discussion on which Gretchen Newcomb will be part of, along with Lori Pepper (CALsta), Elliot McFadden (MNDot), and moderated by Brenna Berman (City Tech Collaborative).
Be part of the conversation and hear how the public and private sectors are breaking down the walled garden approach and working together to deliver a data ‘platform of platforms’ for transportation.

TRB 24th National Conference on Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation
2021-10-25 - 2021-10-27
Convened by Transportation Research Board, the 24th National Conference on Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation will be held on October 25-27, 2021 online. The conference offers a valuable experience for rural transit and human service transit providers, tribal transit managers, planners, state agency staff, intercity bus operators, consultants, researchers, and trainers. The 2021 conference will include multiple routes to offer learning opportunities in planning, design, and research; policy, funding, and finance; special topics on rural mobility; rural and tribal transportation; and better mobility through technology.
MobilityData’s Director, Product – Public Transit, Carl Fredlund, will be featured in the panel about “How State DOTs Can Support Rural & Small Urban Mobility as a Service”. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear him out!

GBFS Developers' Workshop
2021-10-19
MobilityData, in partnership with NABSA, will be hosting the 3rd annual GBFS developers’ workshop on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 in a virtual format. Registration will open soon!
The goal of the workshop is to problem solve and to understand how GBFS can be improved for consumers, operators, and travelers. Are you experiencing roadblocks or frustrations with GBFS and want to talk it out in a room full of experts?
→ Shoot us an email and we’ll see how we can incorporate your topic into the schedule!
📢 Speakers and agenda to be announced, topics will likely include private GBFS, carsharing, geofencing, pricing, and next steps for validation and grading, among others.

[Members only] European workshop
2021-10-15 09:30 - 15:30 (Europe/Berlin)
Taking advantage of our team travelling to Hamburg for the ITS World Congress, MobilityData is delighted to invite our members for a workshop in real life! We will be happy to discuss with your our specifications, our current projects, and how to build together a thriving ecosystem.
Mark your calendar! More details to come soon.

ITS World Congress
2021-10-11 - 2021-10-15 | Hamburg Messe – Entrance East, t. Petersburger Str. 1, Hamburg, 20355, Germany
The ITS World Congress is the world’s largest and most prominent event focused on smart mobility and the digitalisation of transportation. Every year, ERTICO organises a European or World Congress in a major European City, with the ITS World Congress in Europe every third year.
The Congresses are the yearly celebration of smart mobility: they underline the importance of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), particularly in cities and regions where they are hosted, and provide an excellent platform that supports the education, thought-leadership, business development, and the overall steady growth of the smart mobility industry. They include live, interactive, and thought-provoking sessions where industry experts present the latest developments in ITS, showcasing and demonstrating cutting-edge technology within the event’s spacious exhibition, technical tours, and live demonstration opportunities. The Congresses offer stakeholders and patrons the ultimate platform to meet industry influencers and decision-makers to discuss emerging and seminal topics in the field and to gain insights into future industrial technological advances and the policies required to support the sector’s rapid growth.
For the 2021 edition, MobilityData will organize a panel and take part in 3 others:

Oct. 12 – 14:00 CEST: Yes, we share! Advancing MaaS and harnessing the power of data featuring MobilityData
Oct. 13 – 11:00 CEST: Open standards: fostering a traveler-focused MaaS ecosystem, encompassing diverse business models, without breaking the bank by MobilityData
Oct. 13 – 11:00 CEST: ITS Data Generation and Use: How are We Addressing Societal and Ethical Issues? featuring MobilityData
Oct. 13 – 14:00 CEST: Technology-enabled Mobility Services Driving Standards Harmonization: Where are we? featuring MobilityData

Make sure you register now!

MobilityData 101 - 3 Sessions
2021-09-22
Have you recently joined us as a member? Have you just heard about us? Are you unclear about who we are, what we do, and where we’re going?
We’re putting together an information session for you to learn all about us: MobilityData 101. Over the course of 60 minutes, you’ll have your questions answered.
To cater to all our members and partners, we are hosting 3 sessions. You can pick the one that fits you the best.
Each session will consist of a 30-min introduction about us and a 30-min deep dive into our current projects. You can join at any time and for any part you want!

What: MobilityData 101
Audience: every industry stakeholder who wants to learn more about us
Date: September 22, 2021
Session 1: 09:00 CEST
Session 2:11:00 EDT
Session 3: 16:00 PDT
Language: English
Price: free of charge
Registration bit.ly/MobilityData101

Register from today and until September 20th.

International Mobility Congress 2021
2021-09-21 - 2021-09-22 | Sitges, Carrer de Joan Salvat Papasseit, 38,, Barcelona, 08870, Spain
A meeting point to understand how the post-COVID environment will be, to achieve the Sustainable Development Objectives, and to take advantage of all the innovation potential towards this new mobility model.
Seen from a public and local mobility point of view, with applied solutions, and analyzing success cases worldwide.
MobilityData team will be represented at the event. Drop us an email to meet us in person in Barcelona.

[Members Meeting] Public Transit Roadmap
2021-09-15 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Presentation of MobilityData’s Public Transit Roadmap for 2021-2022.

Canadian Open Data Summit 2021
2021-09-15 - 2021-09-16
The City of Montreal and the Government of Quebec are delighted to co-organize the 6th edition of the Canadian Open Data Summit. We want to take advantage of this national meeting to broaden the discussion on open data, promote its reuse, advance open government initiatives and make our community a global model of an open society!

Velo-city 2021
2021-09-06 - 2021-09-09
The city of Lisbon hosts Velo-city 2021

After an inspiring Velo-city conference in Dublin (Ireland), Lisbon (Portugal) will be the host of Velo-city 2021. Join the global cycling summit from the 6 to the 9 of September 2021 and explore the theme “Cycle Diversity”.

Our MobilityData team will be part of the side event “Set the data free: How we can exploit cycling data to create greener, smarter and more liveable cities”. Join them!

Complete Trip - ITS4US Deployment Program ConOps Webinar
2021-07-20 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
MobilityData is part of a major project on the U.S. West Coast focused on improving access to real-time trip planning technologies for riders who use demand-responsive services, rural riders, and riders with vision, mobility, hearing, and cognitive disabilities.
For an update on the deployment of the ITS4US Complete Trip project, you can attend the webinar on July 20th, at 10:30 am PDT → its4usconopswebinar-calact.eventbrite.com
Find out more about the ITS4US Complete Trip Program, and links to other sites’ webinars on the ITS JPO website: https://its.dot.gov/its4us/index.htm

Mobility Talks episode 10 - Intermodality: How to move towards seamless integration?
2021-07-08 15:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Main Question: How can we move towards seamless integration?
Intermodality aims to drive the better use of existing mobility services whilst facilitating the integration of new solutions, new mobility modes and promote new business models. It includes increasing the interconnectivity and accessibility of, and between, mobility modes and networked hubs. Clearly, there is a huge importance of Intermodality and so the question that comes about is “How can we work towards seamless integration?”
Throughout this dynamic Mobility Talk, we will discuss the barriers to intermodality currently existing, and which have already been overcome. Furthermore, questions will be raised to the audience leading to open discussions about intermodality and how projects have the potential to help boost this goal of seamless integration under different settings.

Speakers will be:

Ferdinand Burgersdijk, Independent consultant at FRCB and Maas Councillor for the Benelux
Tu-Tho Thai – Director, Partnerships Europe & Events – MobilityData
Josep Maria Salanova Grau, Research Associate, Head of the Data analysis and modelling laboratory
Stephan van Dijk PhD
Oktay Türetken, Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
