Analyse Bus Open Data – Introduction to the DfT’s new tool for authorities 26 May 2021
Channel: RTIG
Date: 2021-05-27

Analyse Bus Open Data (ABOD) is a new extension service to the Bus Open Data Service (BODS), that provides free-to-access reporting and analytics to operators and authorities nationally.

The service is available now, providing a dashboard overview, feed monitoring, and on-time performance analyses. Further features will also be added later in the year to provide geography-based views of network performance, along with other insights.

Analyse Bus Open Data is part of the Department for Transport’s ongoing investment in bus services, and supports the recently-announced National Bus Strategy, by helping government, local authorities, and bus operators to:

perform existing bus data analysis in faster and easier ways
produce more accurate and detailed performance analysis reports
improve on collaboration between different organisations
identify network improvement opportunities
inform transport policy and compliance monitoring across the industry
RTIG is supporting the Department for Transport by promoting the service to ensure operators and authorities know about the service and how they can use it.

We will be holding a series of webinars over the coming months, together with DfT’s technical supplier Ito World, to demonstrate ABOD features and help users understand how to maximise its potential.

This webinar will introduce the service and explain what it provides and how it can help Authorities.

There is a separate session for Operators.