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#TravelHack2 running order

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Tuesday 10 October (Arrive from 9:00 Start 9:30)

9:00amWelcome. Arrive. Meet, greet, and coffee.
9:30am Hello - Why are we here? What are we going to do?
Paul Connell - ODI Leeds & Richard Mason - Transport for the North.
9:45am - 10:45am Lightning Talks and Q&A

Setting the scene, Establishing the Challenges & Questions, Articulating the Opportunity.

  • DfT: Data standards, 'open', and the Bus Services Act
  • Transport Focus: Customer's perspective
  • Transdev: Operator's perspective
  • Tom Forth, ODI Leeds: Developer and data scientist perspective
  • Amy Evans, ODI Leeds: 'Ticket Quest' - stories of ridiculous tickets for simple journeys
  • Traveline Wales: Creating a GTFS fares database
10:45am - 11:00amBreak. Grab a coffee/tea and have a chat.
11:00am - 12:30pmThe Data

This session is split in to 2 halves. First, TfN and Traveline will talk about their project - Creating a Bus Fare Dataset for the North and Beyond - Openly. TfN / Traveline. The challenge: "What should/could we do with the data from The TfN/Traveline Fare Data Project?" TfN will also talk about their data strategy and policy.

Followed by looking at the datasets we do have available thanks to collaborative efforts of the operators involved -

  • Traveline Wales - GTFS Integrated Fare Data
  • TransDev - Operator Data
  • Traveline Scotland - Fare Data via Trapeze
  • Transport for West Midlands - TBC

Using an unconference approach we will work together to select what we work on together. Team Formation. Who wants to do what ? who wants to work with whom.
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch - Local, sustainable, fresh
1:30pm - 4:00pmBuilding prototypes

Working Groups - Unconference Style
Team Shout-outs.
Throughout the afternoon, people will work on the themes or projects that interest them most. The ODI Leeds team will be available to help with innovation, disruption, visualisation, etc

  • 1:30pm-3:00pm - Working sessions
  • 3:00pm-3:30pm - Team updates
  • 5:00pm-5:30pm - Show and tell
5:30pmClose - Beer fridge open - Decamp to The Wardrobe