Data quality a crucial issue in building confidence

Data quality was – perhaps unsurprisingly - the first issue raised at a this summer’s New Transit  roundtable on public transport information, held in the run up to Travel 2020 2012 being held at the Kia Oval from 10-11 October. “We need much higher-quality and more easily captured and managed core data”, urged Gary Umpleby, general manager of the UK operation of Swedish transport software developer Hogia UK and chair of ITS UK’s Public Transport Interest...