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Public and private partnerships to standardize data, sharedata, and protect sensitive data are being formed to help understand and at thesame time define shared-mobility"s potential to transform thetransportation network. Shared-mobility operators, for example, compile data such asthe origin and destination of shared services, travel time, and trip duration.And many shared-mobility companies have agreed toshare data with public agencies voluntarily or as part of regulatory mandate. For example, as part of Washington, DC"s carsharing parkinginitiative adopted in 2005, carsharing operators seeking on-street parking arerequired to provide the DDOT (District Department of Transportation) withquarterly data to assess the impacts of their parking program. In 2012, CityCarShare voluntarily shared data with the SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) during the city"s SFpark pilotto assist planners and policymakers with the development of the carsharingparking policy. In addition to this data sharing with public agencies, anumber of shared-mobility service providers make data publicly available fordownload. Bay Area Bike Share, Capital Bikeshare, and Citi Bike are a few ofthe operators that provide some of the most expansive publicly available data. Finally, data standardization is critical to ensuringcompatibility for a variety of uses and platforms. More industry-wide standards, either through trade associations or governmentregulation, could aid in the development of clear and consistent data formats,data sharing protocols, and privacy protections to ensure open data,interoperability, and comparability across a wide array of platforms. Cognizant of the need for continued, focused collaborationin all facets of shared-mobility development and among its variousconstituencies, SAE recently established a Shared and Digital Mobility Committee. This committee is exploring one of the segments theorganization has classified as advanced technology areas (connected andautomated vehicles, cybersecurity, and shared mobility). <br /> <br />According to SAE Director of Ground Vehicle Standards Jack Pokrzywa, the newShared and Digital Mobility Committee activity is of interest because itinvolves three of those advanced technology elements: cyber, connected, andautomated. Developing this new committee injects SAE into the future trends emergingat this moment in the shared-mobility sector. "It is really transformative ofthe transportation space," he said. "We are seeing a lot of interest out there." An in-person kick-off meeting for the new Shared and DigitalMobility Committee was held in early November with approximately 80 individualsin attendance representing various companies such as Uber, Zipcar, Lyft, car2go, Catch-a-Car, the Shared-Use Mobility Center, and theDept. of Transportation, as well as various OEMs. The Shared and Digital Mobility Committee met for a secondtime in December. It worked to develop a preliminary draft of the terms anddefinition standard. Dr. Susan Shaheen from the University of California-Berkeley,who is leading academic efforts in shared mobility, volunteered to be thedocument sponsor. It was submitted to the committee for review and furtherwork. "We anticipate that the terms and definitions document willbe a recommended practice technical report," said Annie Chang, Project Manager,Technical Programs, Global Ground Vehicle Standards. "We are still trying tofinalize the scope of this document." The group was scheduled to meet again in early January as aface-to-face meeting during the week of the Transportation Research BoardAnnual Meeting in Washington, DC. Technical experts from OEMs who focus onshared mobility are being sought to join the committee. Chang says the committee hopes to publish the terms anddefinitions recommended practice sometime in 2018. For more information on the Shared and Digital Mobility Committee,contact Annie Chang (annie.chang@sae.org).
Date written: 19-Dec-2017 11:52 EST
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ID: 10391
Public and private partnerships to standardize data, sharedata, and protect sensitive data are being formed to help understand and at thesame time define shared-mobility"s potential to transform thetransportation network. Shared-mobility operators, for example, compile data such asthe origin and destination of shared services, travel time, and trip duration.And many shared-mobility companies have agreed toshare data with public agencies voluntarily or as part of regulatory mandate. For example, as part of Washington, DC"s carsharing parkinginitiative adopted in 2005, carsharing operators seeking on-street parking arerequired to provide the DDOT (District Department of Transportation) withquarterly data to assess the impacts of their parking program. In 2012, CityCarShare voluntarily shared data with the SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) during the city"s SFpark pilotto assist planners and policymakers with the development of the carsharingparking policy. In addition to this data sharing with public agencies, anumber of shared-mobility service providers make data publicly available fordownload. Bay Area Bike Share, Capital Bikeshare, and Citi Bike are a few ofthe operators that provide some of the most expansive publicly available data. Finally, data standardization is critical to ensuringcompatibility for a variety of uses and platforms. More industry-wide standards, either through trade associations or governmentregulation, could aid in the development of clear and consistent data formats,data sharing protocols, and privacy protections to ensure open data,interoperability, and comparability across a wide array of platforms. Cognizant of the need for continued, focused collaborationin all facets of shared-mobility development and among its variousconstituencies, SAE recently established a Shared and Digital Mobility Committee. This committee is exploring one of the segments theorganization has classified as advanced technology areas (connected andautomated vehicles, cybersecurity, and shared mobility). <br /> <br />According to SAE Director of Ground Vehicle Standards Jack Pokrzywa, the newShared and Digital Mobility Committee activity is of interest because itinvolves three of those advanced technology elements: cyber, connected, andautomated. Developing this new committee injects SAE into the future trends emergingat this moment in the shared-mobility sector. "It is really transformative ofthe transportation space," he said. "We are seeing a lot of interest out there." An in-person kick-off meeting for the new Shared and DigitalMobility Committee was held in early November with approximately 80 individualsin attendance representing various companies such as Uber, Zipcar, Lyft, car2go, Catch-a-Car, the Shared-Use Mobility Center, and theDept. of Transportation, as well as various OEMs. The Shared and Digital Mobility Committee met for a secondtime in December. It worked to develop a preliminary draft of the terms anddefinition standard. Dr. Susan Shaheen from the University of California-Berkeley,who is leading academic efforts in shared mobility, volunteered to be thedocument sponsor. It was submitted to the committee for review and furtherwork. "We anticipate that the terms and definitions document willbe a recommended practice technical report," said Annie Chang, Project Manager,Technical Programs, Global Ground Vehicle Standards. "We are still trying tofinalize the scope of this document." The group was scheduled to meet again in early January as aface-to-face meeting during the week of the Transportation Research BoardAnnual Meeting in Washington, DC. Technical experts from OEMs who focus onshared mobility are being sought to join the committee. Chang says the committee hopes to publish the terms anddefinitions recommended practice sometime in 2018. For more information on the Shared and Digital Mobility Committee,contact Annie Chang (annie.chang@sae.org).
Date written: 19-Dec-2017 11:52 EST
More of this article on the SAE International Website
ID: 10391
