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Open Data EU Citizens' Initiative

Open The-Nickname opened this issue 6 months ago • 0 comments

Hello, while not Code related or directly API related I believe that this EU Citizens' Initiative would very well benefit this project if successful. In short the initiative strives to achieve the following on a on 'a technical level':

We pursue to provide transparent and free data for public buses. Open and free data on bus schedules to anyone, and in a machine-readable format, even in real-time. Furthermore, data should be accessible through APIs, and a unique identifier for each bus stop.

As stated in their FAQ on their website.

I believe that this is very much of interest to you when talking about the EU and Busses. So maybe if we can get some momentum into this the threshold might be reached before the deadline(~April 2025) and even if not it might still be enough to put this topic into the lime light.

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with the initiative or anything, but I think it is kinda cool and even if you wouldn't agree 100% of all its contents you might still want to sign and spread it, since it is not a referendum but a pitch to the EU Commission and Parliament, but they have to discuss it(if 1 Million signatures are collected) and have the final say on the details.

The-Nickname avatar Aug 10 '24 18:08 The-Nickname