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BUS operators in York are using a bus ticketing app which lets users make cashless ticket purchases and track buses in real-time. The city s three independent bus operators, Reliance Motor Services, York Pullman and Connexionsbuses, are now using myTrip. Reliance Motor Services operate 18 buses across a wide network around York and North Yorkshire, and said the news was ‘a real bonus for passengers in York. York Pullman carries more one million passengers annually and Connexionsbuses operate 35 buses on a mixed network of schools and commercial services in North and West Yorkshire. myTrip was launched in September 2020 in response to Covid-19 and how it had impacted on operators and users. It was designed especially for smaller operators, and is an affordable way for operators to offer cashless and contact-free ticketing, live bus tracking and fulfil BODS (Bus Open Data Service) regulations.
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The Department for Transport (DfT) is running ‘pioneer project’ to encourage take-up of its Bus Open Data Service (BODS).
It has entered a collaboration with Israeli based mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) specialist Moovit to standardise the data and provide guidance on its use by bus operators around the country.
The project involves standardising and openly publishing bus operator data to support passengers in planning their journeys.
A spokesperson for Moovit said there will be three main elements to its work: helping the DfT to make the data available for MaaS platforms; making real time data on factors such as traffic incidents and service alerts usable for different systems; and encouraging bus operators to integrate with its own app.
Transport for the North (TfN) has developed a service to enable bus operators to publish fares in a standardised data format.
Named the Create Fares Data Service, it will initially be available for bus services in the TfN region but is to be handed to the DfT to develop as a national service.
It is intended to enable the operators to publish fares online and in journey planning apps, to help app developers use the data in other services.
The tool has been developed in partnership with the Department for Transport (DfT) and Traveline – a partnership of transport companies, local authorities and passenger groups – as part of TfN’s Integrated and Smart Travel programme.