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Community of Practice

National Transport Data

The National Transport Data Community of Practice (NTD-CoP) is established to foster collaboration and shared query into the potential opportunities and challenges transport data analytics offers our industry and community.

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Terms of reference

Data is an international language and trying to create new and innovative solutions to existing and emerging challenges is increasingly predicated on the sharing and interrogation of data generated across a range of channels.


There is large scale investment in transport infrastructure underway across Australia, to capitalise on these projects and enable the best outcomes for network management and customer experience, leveraging the data generated will be essential. In order to best manage and utilise these vital assets collaboration across government, industry and academia, as well as community engagement, will be key.


To get the most out of our data assets and understand the potential offered collaboration is key, the NTD-CoP includes representatives from government, industry and academia to investigate research opportunities, pilots and tests, and analysis of deployments.


The NTD-CoP emerged from the desire of ITS Australia, and stakeholders across the Australian transport technology industry, to work collaboratively to better understand the scope of unique data, common data, and open-public data, and the full data ecosystem; investigate protocols and standards and interoperability; identify skills gaps; and explore business objectives.


There is an Australian Transport Data Action Network (ATDAN) chaired by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) consisting of State and Commonwealth transport agencies, the ABS and NTC. This group discusses transport data issues relating to government there is benefit in sharing information across these networks and the ATD-CoP will engage with BITRE and ATDAN members.


The CoP is made up of ITS Australia members and other key stakeholders both national and international to ensure a broad range of expertise can contribute to and collaborate on the development and application of big data in Australia. This includes sharing updates on activities in respective jurisdictions and organisations; including research, trials, deployments, and international engagement.

Scope

Scope of CoP will be to share opportunities and establish best practice approaches by:

• Sharing relevant information across organisations

• Sharing recent and planned activity to identify opportunities for ongoing collaboration

• To share/establish best practice for data security and privacy

• Showcasing transport data projects that prove benefits

• Explore challenges where data can offer new insights and

• Opportunity to share and analyse data – data sets and custodians

Governance

The NTD-CoP Chair will facilitate meetings and be supported by ITS Australia as Secretariat, as well from member organisations as needed. Channels of communication and on-going out of session engagement will be established to ensure effective sharing of information outside of the CoP meetings and in advance of the annual workshop.

• Co-Chair: Fang Chen

• Co-Chair Stephen Owens

• Membership: Open to ITS Australia member organisations plus invited government, industry, and academic experts.

• Frequency: 3 monthly meetings (remote) 1 workshop to be held alongside ITS Australia NeTC Conference

• Secretariat: ITS Australia

Meetings

Meetings will be scheduled in advance to capitalise on industry activities in central locations and attendance will be assumed but not compulsory for all members. Proxies for attendance will be both accepted and encouraged.

To express interest in joining the National Transport Data Community of Practice please email admin@its-australia.com.au with Data CoP as the subject.

CoP Resources

Inaugural Meeting Recording

Community of Practice co-chairs

Professor Fang Chen Executive Director Data Science – Distinguished Professor / The University of Technology Sydney
Stephen Owens General Manager of Operations / Directed Technologies

MaaS Data Sharing Protocols - Discussion Paper

MaaS Data Sharing Protocols

This discussion paper has been developed to assess options, opportunities, and challenges and consider options going forward.

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