Delivery of an Integrated Transport Strategy: webinar series

A three-part series of webinars looking at the roles of smart data, national pricing and integrating transport and non-transport policy in delivering an integrated transport network

This three-part series of webinars, supported by SYSTRA and delivered by Landor LINKS Live!, will explore the contibution of smart data, national pricing and integrating transport and non-transport policy in delivering an integrated transport network.

 

Webinar 1: 20 January, 10.30 -12.00
Enhancing transport integration through data-driven analysis

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eyJsEmtJROmdA-I6jmoMVw

How can we utilise data and AI to optimise our transport networks around users’ needs?

There is a plethora of data out there in the real world. In the transport sector there are data surveys, travel diaries, traffic flow counters, drone data, car navigation systems, GPS trackers, speed checkers and ANPR monitoring. Manual and automated data gathering systems remain in use across the transport sector and most of us are now used to sharing personal digital data as we navigate the world –  location data, internet search data, smart card data, mobile cell data, social media posts and online retail requests. 

We leave both passive and active data footprints – active when users deliberately share information online, and passive footprints when data is collected without our explicit permission. For example, websites can track browsing history, collect location data, and record search queries without users actively providing this information.  

Increasingly, sensor data is generated by devices that collect data through sensors, such as Internet of Things devices, wearable technology, connected vehicles and smart home systems.

Using such smart data, combined with rapidly advancing data analytical platforms, tools and services, could provide the transport sector with highly valuable insights into user behaviour and preferences. It could help operators to better understand passengers and to provide real-time, up-to-date and multimodal information about integrated journeys. Using smart data and new analytics techniques could improve the provision of public transport, streamline and optimise services, and lead to cost savings through increased efficiency and more effective maintenance processes.

However, this cannot happen in a vacuum. Transport data needs to be used within a robust framework to govern data sharing, common and open standards, the participation of data holders, safety and security and practical delivery mechanisms. Humans negotiate complex data and revenue sharing arrangements, smart platforms simply manage the data.

Maybe more importantly, smart use of data and data analytics cannot replace the human element in setting political visions and validating delivery paths. What smart data, AI and ML can do is to free up capacity so that humans can focus on the real challenges – those that need insights beyond the capabilities of data analytics.

Webinar 2: 27th February, 10.30-12.00

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Providing convenient and simple integrated transport pricing and travel planning – development of a nation-wide travel planning and pricing that provides convenient and sustainable access to travel for all

Webinar 3: 19th March, 10.30-12.00

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Integration of planning, education, and health policies to solve transport issues – how can non transport policies solve transport and climate emergency issues