Consultation outcome

Bus Services Act 2017: bus open data

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 5 July 2018
• Last updated: 27 March 2019 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

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Bus Services Act 2017: bus open data consultation response

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Detail of outcome

Response to bus open data consultation staing that, due to general support, we will now create a bus open data digital service to build applications, products and services for passengers.

Changes to the necessary regulations will be made during Summer 2019.

This response was released on 26 March 2019.

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Original consultation

Summary

Invites feedback on the Bus Services Act 2017 and open data policy proposals.

This consultation ran from
12:15am on 5 July 2018 to 11:45pm on 16 September 2018

Consultation description

The Department for Transport is seeking views on ways to improve information for bus passengers through the Bus Services Act 2017 and open data legislation.

Our proposed approach would require operators and local authorities to publish open data digitally for buses in England (outside London). We want to make it easier for bus passengers to plan their journeys through access to routes and timetables data, fares and tickets data, and real time information.

This ‘Bus open data: case for change’ document sets out the case for bus open data.

We also want to hear your views on our accessible information proposals in a separate consultation.

Documents

Bus Services Act 2017: bus open data (HTML)

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Bus Services Act 2017: bus open data (PDF)

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Bus open data: case for change

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Published 5 July 2018
Last updated 27 March 2019 + show all updates

1. 27 March 2019

   Document revised for missing data in table 3.

2. 26 March 2019

   Consultation response released.

3. 5 July 2018

   First published.