Transit Communications Interface Profiles (TCIP)

TCIP is an extensible and modular standard allowing for data exchange between transit business systems, subsystems, components, and devices. It covers C2C, agency-to-public, agency-to-infrastructure, and system-to-system communications. The benefits extend beyond vehicles, operations, and passenger information to business systems and subsystems noted above.

Service Interface for Real Time Information (SIRI)

SIRI is an extensible and modular standard allowing for C2C communications, agency-to-public communications, and agency-to-infrastructure communications. SIRI allows for the structured exchange of real-time information about schedules, vehicles, and connections with general informational messages related to the operation of the services. SIRI defines functional services including:

The Metrolinx (Toronto) 2041 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) 

This presentation recommends the development of a regional transportation big data strategy: creating a regional transportation big data portal, providing consistent and transparent data collection, management, and reporting. Additionally discusses establishing regional standards for transportation data sourcing, formatting, privacy, security, ownership and reporting.

Emerging Big Data Sources for Public Transport Planning: A Systematic Review on Current State of Art and Future Research Directions 

A systematic review of 47 contemporary research papers related to the use of novel data sources in public transportation planning. There is particular focus on assessing the usability, strengths, and weaknesses of different emerging big data sources.

Integrating Shared Mobility into Multimodal Transportation Planning: Metropolitan Area Case Studies 

A follow-up report to Integrating Shared Mobility into Multimodal Transportation Planning: Improving Regional Performance to Meet Public Goals provides three in-depth case studies of how MPOs and their partners are interacting with shared mobility companies to integrate these new options into regional multimodal transportation networks, improving system performance and supporting regional goals.

Integrating Shared Mobility into Multimodal Transportation Planning: Improving Regional Performance to Meet Public Goals 

This paper synthesizes noteworthy practices (e.g. data access and sharing, integrating shared mobility into modeling and forecasting, etc.), identifies challenges and opportunities, and provides recommendations for future research needed.