Open Transport Data
Publication Date/Time
2017-08-30T09:00:00+00:00
Insights into one of the high value data domains
Not all Open Data has the same potential for re-use. A total of
thirteen data categories can be found on the European Data Portal, but
certain data categories are more likely to be re-used than others. On
a European level, the European Commission has identified five thematic
data domains that are expected to represent those with the highest
demand from re-users across the EU: geospatial data, earth observation
data and environment, transport data, statistics and company data. In
this article, we will further explore the transport
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/group/transport] domain.

The transport domain is a very 'tangible' domain, with many Open Data
use cases available. The European Data Portal use cases section lists
49 examples of Open Data use cases, among which GoOV
[/sites/default/files/use-cases/use_case_netherlands_-_goov.pdf],
CityBike
[/sites/default/files/use-cases/use_case_austria_-_citybike.pdf] and
Ladeklar
[/sites/default/files/use-cases/use_case_norway_-_ladeklar.pdf]. GoOV
and OpenMove were also featured in a specific EDP webinar
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQqgbHPek-g&t=1s] on the re-use of
Open Data in the transport and mobility domain.

The European Data Portal offers 10,528 datasets in this particular
category. This ranges from bicycle routes
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/961e3c8c-4253-4bd9-8cdc-be6a008ee652]
in the Netherlands, to the road network
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/a73d21e6-296f-4091-ba2f-3120e5b5f03e]
in Salzburg (Austria) and toll stations
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/http---data-norge-no-node-254]
in Norway. In addition to showing infrastructure on the European
mainland, also data on ferry routes and ports is provided such as in
Scotland
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/scottish-ferry-routes]
and Ireland. A ferry port is a harbour that provides facilities to
handle the coming and going of vessels which carry passengers and or
vehicles between two separated by sea locations. The figure below
shows the ferry routes and ferry ports in Ireland
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/ferry-port].
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/ukgbir-transpoirt.png]
 

Would you like to know more Transport data? Explore it yourself by
taking a look in our database
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset]!
