The following results were achieved:
- Project Management (WP1): Milestones and tasks were completed on time, the deliverables were completed, with no major deviations.
- Open Knowledge Base (WP2): Requirements for data privacy and security were defined; An exhaustive panorama of the different standards is available; the different cloud solutions for transport data sharing are evaluated. European legal and regulatory mechanisms that support mobility data sharing have been compared, and data governance mechanisms that affect data transactions/contracts have been assessed. During the second period, the description of the use cases was updated to include the first challenges defined with the reference group of municipalities, i.e. the challenge providers from the hackathons.
- New Data sharing services and Business models (WP3): The project addressed in parallel the demand side of the current market and the current market supply of products and services. Based on this market analysis, the project indentified the main gaps and possible innovations that a Transport Cloud shall address in the future. The so called “Future Transport Cloud” was further analysed, regarding the main business models and legal&governance structures that will widen its adoption. Furthermore, several approaches to evaluate data sharing practices were identified and a methodology to be implemented in the MobiDataLab Living Labs was defined.
- Transport Cloud (WP4): An operational version of the Transport Cloud prototype has been designed and a dedicated cloud infrastructure has been set up, with a reference data catalogue containing 100k+ datasets. Data access and service cataloguing have been studied and have shown how to reference proven open source solutions from several service providers, for example journey planner APIs and routing services. Innovative data enrichment processors (geographical and semantic) have been developed. A series of anonymisation mechanisms to protect historical mobility data has been implemented. During the second period, this work culminated in the second version of the platform, which was successfully used by participants in the living and virtual laboratories (WP5).
- Living and Virtual Labs (WP5): The virtual laboratory has been defined, including the various functionalities that support the discussion and promotion of solutions throughout their lifecycle, from challenge to idea to prototype. In addition, the foundations were laid for the development of the detailed implementation plan for the living labs, and a Plan-Do-Check-Act approach was put in place. The second period was the culmination of WP5 activities, as the planning, execution and evaluation phases of each Living Lab iteration (Datathon, Hackathon and Codagon) were carried out.
- Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation (WP6): The MobiDataLab website is available. Newsletters were sent out. Articles and papers were published in scientific journals and transport magazines by MobiDataLab researchers. A communication and dissemination plan identified the target groups for dissemination activities. The project partners have undertaken several actions to create further synergies with other initiatives funded by the European Commission. An overview of the exploitation strategy has also been provided, as well as the key activities through which the MobiDataLab consortium will maximise the benefits and impact of the research results.
