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EDIH Thuringia

Recap - Smart Country Convention 2024 in Berlin

At this year's Smart Country Convention in Berlin, Alexandra Hunger and Karsten McFarland discussed the potential of mobility data for the transport transition, the current status, and the associated challenges during a panel discussion and workshop.

As Alexandra Hunger, research assistant in the Department of Transport Systems Planning at the University, and active in the European Digital Innovation Hub Thuringia project, explains: "Sensors in the urban landscape or our smartphone usage generate a snapshot of our individual mobility every second. These data could be used collectively to control and plan traffic. However, the quality of these data is often uncertain, or access is restricted. We support this process from the university."

The Mobility Data Act, recently passed by the German cabinet, will increase the availability of open data in the mobility sector. Data can be drivers of the transport transition, such as optimized route planning for emission-free city logistics or public transport that operates according to demand in rural areas.

However, several challenges remain: a variety of (still unconnected) data portals like Mobilithek, GovData, and MobilityDataSpace, the lack of data standards, and capacity bottlenecks in many parts of public administration that hinder the targeted use of data for problem-solving or sharing across different administrations.

Europe-wide standards and coordinated support for municipalities by federal states are crucial steps for the success of this initiative.

Interested in learning more about mobility data? Feel free to reach out!

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