Since 2021, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) has convened a Specs to Standards working group, in partnership with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). In these meetings for the working group, advocates, planners, and policymakers from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors discussed the need for data standardization across the shared mobility industry. This case study is part of SUMC’s technical assistance work for the FTA that is conducted under the Mobility Innovation Collaborative program. The group set out with the following goals:
1. Conducting organized discussions around issues confronting the adoption of data specifications;
2. Complementing parallel technical efforts by providing a support structure around policy and other non-technical aspects of data standardization;
3. Identifying best practices, policies, and other approaches that transit agencies or other local governments can take to accelerate the adoption of data specifications;
4. Creating an easily digestible roadmap for agencies and the transit industry to systematically incorporate specifications into their service and policy frameworks;
5. Promoting the benefits of data standardization, especially around mobility integration and complete trips; and
6. Establishing a network of practitioners to share ongoing challenges and solutions to broader adoption of data specifications. Through ongoing meetings, participants in the Specs to Standards working group collaborated to develop a Mobility Data Interoperability Logic Model. This Logic Model expresses the value of data standards in shared mobility and outlines the overarching steps the industry needs to address to reach interoperability. Policymakers, transit officials, and mobility providers can use the Logic Model to identify a path toward interoperability and the available resources and tools necessary to address challenges and gaps in the process.
Source: https://learn.sharedusemobilitycenter.org/casestudy/mobility-interoperability-logic-model-summary/
TA Centers: FTA, SUMC
Terms: Data, Data collection, Data management, Data preparation, Evaluation, Evaluation and assessment, Mobility, Partnerships, Procurement, Public private partnerships, Purchasing, Shared mobility, Technology
Tags: data, data specification, Data standards, evaluation, MAAS, mobility, Mobility as a Service, procurement, public-private partnerships, shared mobility, technologies, technology, transactional data, trip planning
