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Demolishing Information Silos for the Benefit of Customers. Pete Johnston Programme Manager. Smarter Travel Programme. Distinct, technology led initiatives that will embed longer-term sustainable travel patterns through: real time and dynamic travel information
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Demolishing Information Silos for the Benefit of Customers Pete Johnston Programme Manager
Smarter Travel Programme • Distinct, technology led initiatives that will embed longer-term sustainable travel patterns through: • real time and dynamic travel information • predictive and dynamic and network interventions to support overall efficiency of the highways • deliver priority to late running buses at traffic signals • Getting more customers to work, education etc in a more sustainable and efficient manner
Smarter Travel Vision • “To allow our customers to make informed travel choices in Greater Manchester, supported by multi-modal, real-time travel information and through improved efficiency of the highway and public transport network.”
Smarter Travel Objectives • Get more customers using sustainable travel options to access employment, education and leisure by providing: • Multi modal, multi operator, multi channel passenger information • Improved selection of travel • Systems that are easy to use • Passenger centricity • Comprehensive data and information with integrity • Predictive traffic management • Improved bus journey time reliability • Best in class implementation and operation
Current Issues • Data on highways and PT not currently integrated • Limited visibility of info across modes to manage network when things don’t run to plan • Lack of access to high quality, real-time information across all modes • Inconsistent approaches to data management
Key Challenges • Large number of complex data sets to provide multi-modal, multi-operator solution • Deliver integrated architecture that is flexible enough to manage data across the whole transport network in the available timescales • Obtaining appropriate real-time data feeds from large number of sources within and outside TfGM
Data Availability • Opportunities • Mobile communications, computing, pervasive sensors built-into infrastructure and vehicles • Intelligent use of this information will significantly improve public transport attractiveness and efficiency, and enable wider mix of modes • Challenge • Collecting, managing and releasing data in a timely manner and useable format • Cannot be done by just pressing a switch
Internet of Transport Things • Transport as a Service • Real-time vs. Predictive • Floating passenger data • Intersection intelligence • Adaptive signals • Area optimisation
Shared Data for Travel Information • Consistent base data e.g. GIS, road network, TfGM assets • Used by all modes • Coordinated management of data • Clear process for publication • Transparent information • Consistent data for Open Data community
Shared Data for Operations • Consistent set of data being available to all modes • Access to TfGM data for transport operators e.g. highway performance information • Ability to see the impacts of incidents across the whole network in real-time • Use of prediction to see the impacts in the near future • Ability to plan accordingly and be more proactive in our response to incidents and congestion • Virtual or physical operations management capability
Open Data Platform • Real-time Open Data platform launched in March 2013 – including new real-time feeds which will continue to be built upon through rest of the Smarter Travel programme: • Real-time API for Metroshuttle City Centre buses • Real-time API for car journey times on GM key routes • Real-time API for car park availability • Weekly data feed of PT timetable data in open format (GTFS)
Innovation Challenge • Routes to the Future - Innovation Challenge for developers using open data feeds • Over 100 attendees who split in to 20 teams and each developed prototype apps • A number of winners were awarded funding to further develop the prototypes
Things to Address • People and skills – what do we need to be effective in the future? • Big Data – more unstructured data from wider sources • Data access and governance in a future world • Smart Cities – Relationship between health, energy, transport etc
Thank YouPete JohnstonProgramme Managerpete.johnston@tfgm.com0161 244 1222