Importance of Common Data Specs
This article explores the importance of a common data specification for making ridesharing a more viable option for today’s commuters. The author compares this issue to the changes that have occurred in other segments of the travel industry, i.e., finding airfares and airline connections is now easier for the traveler who uses online travel database services. Public agencies and private providers all have their own databases of rideshare participants, but these have developed independently of each other so their data is not likely to be compatible. The author describes the work of Carl Gorringe, an independent consultant working with the San Francisco Bay Area’s 511 travel information service. In the transit industry, Google’s Transit Feed Specifications (GTFS) has become the unofficial industry standard for coding transit data, but it provides primarily static data. Data for ridesharing needs to be more dynamic to support the real time changes of this transportation mode. The article concludes by briefly outlining some of the changes in data specifications that would support ridesharing as one component of a multimodal approach to transportation.
- Record URL:
-
-
Authors:
- Amey, Andrew
- Publication Date: 2010
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Pagination: pp 19-20
-
Serial:
- TDM Review
- Volume: 17
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Association for Commuter Transportation
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Carpools; Casual carpooling; Commuting; Data collection; Data quality; Decision making; Multimodal transportation; Passengers; Public transit; Ridesharing; Technological innovations; Transportation modes; Travel behavior
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01154898
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 20 2010 8:44AM