Disruptive open transport data http://transportapi.com

Jonathan RaperCEO, Placr

Placr/TransportAPI• Placr is an SME founded in 2010 & based at ODI• TransportAPI is our open transport data service• Aggregates timetables, departures& infrastructure• We record everything that moves, all the time• We create performance indicators eg late train map• We are a transport data service/ solution house• Target markets in travel, media, local government• Supply feeds to operators, web & app developers• Enabling new transport propositions

transportapi.com• Launched with Traveline and

Network Rail feeds last year• Scalable cloud-based service• Web or developer output• Sign up/ get access online- 250++

developers signed up• Free use up 1000 hits per day• Charges for hosting, volume &

guarantees• http://developer.transportapi.com

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Stop/station data

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API

Applogic

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Displays

Maps

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Cloud servers

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TransportAPI architecture

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Transport performance• Transport data can be embedded in web widget• London Underground performance indicators• Real travel time through London bus network• Train lateness maps across country

Hyperlocal widget• Embed transport

info in websites• 600 sites are live

Historic data

• Recording data streams on tube, bus and train

• Storing and structuring them• Making historic data available

through TransportAPI• Producing indicators from the

historic data

Travel portal developed with ELGIN

Analysing user requests for departure information

• Mapping London Countdown live bus departure requests

• Analysing app users requests and subsequent behaviour

• Building anonymised user profiles

Yellow: weekdayRed: weekend

Transport social media gathering

Sentiment analysis• Local Twitter search eg bus+driver for “London”• Volume of comments to services by hour/day etc• Early warning for problems, CRM tool…

CityMapper

• London’s most popular travel app• TransportAPI supplying the back

end for rail data• Accuracy, latency are paramount• Looking for guarantees &

management of liabilities

Ready to integrate

• REST endpoints for timetables, departures• Performance indicators by mode, location• Infrastructure downloads• Historic datasets• Federated API with cyclestreets, traintaxi etc• 3Scale API platform with authentication• Scalable delivery• eCommerce solution• Developer community now at work

Contact

http://transportapi.com/jonathan.raper@placr.co.uk@Madprof