In this presentation I demonstrate how the standardization and publication of authoritative road data as OGD can boost efforts in bicycle promotion. The case study is from Salzburg, Austria, where a comprehensive bicycle routing portal (www.radlkarte.info) is fueld by OGD.

1. From Open Government Data (OGD) to a
comprehensive bicycle routing portal
Martin Loidl | martin.loidl@sbg.ac.atsalzburg.info

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Digital Data » OGD » Bicycle Routing

3. Bicycle Promotion
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Public
Administration
Private
Companies
Academia
Bicyclists
 City of
Salzburg
 Federal State
of Salzburg
 EUREGIO T-
BGL-S
 TraffiCon
GmbH
 mogree
GmbH
 University of
Salzburg
(Z_GIS)

4. Innovation Steps: Case Study Salzburg
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Promote bicycling
Harmonize road-
related data
Publish the data
as OGD
Stimulate cross-
domain cooperationSupport bicyclists
and increase bicyle
mode share

5.  Infrastructure
 Service
 Information
 Culture & Politics
Bicycle Promotion
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Fotos: www.stadt-salzburg.com
www.radinfo.at
www.fairkehr.net
www.salzburgrad.at

6.  Information provision as building block for integrated bicycle
promotion strategies
Information & Bicycle Promotion
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Loidl & Zagel (2014)

7.  Authoritative data: authorities and departments as closed
systems
 Since 2009 (with preceding, regional projects) national standard and
harmonized data model for road-related data: GIP
 Decentral responsibilities + compatibility
 Stepwise integration of authoritative data (from federal states
to municipalities)
 Communication of benefits for all participating authorities » overcome
reservations and particular interests
 Demonstrate usefullness in „catchy“ applications
Data Harmonization
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8.  First version of bicycle routing
portal 2012 for city of Salzburg
 Shortest + „safest“ route
 User-specific information
 Cross-boarder extension 2013
 Authoritative data + OSM
 Since 2014 cooperation city +
federal state
Project „Radlkarte“
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> 22,300 km
network total
Application as trigger for innovation
and cooperation

9.  1st AT authorities started to publish data as OGD 5 years ago
 Open mindset » OGD
 Licensing data
 Business model
 GIP data as OGD
 Geometry
 Attributes
 Complete DB in export format
Data Publication: OGD
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10.  Public administration: data, but little resources
 Academia: know-how generation
 Private companies: market access
Cross-domain Cooperation
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Webservices
Desktop GUI design
Mobile app
Data management & modelling
Algorithm development
Bicycle routing
portal

11. Result
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www.radlkarte.info

12.  Enthusiasm for common topic (bicycle promotion)
 Long-standing collaboration – communication
 Funding (R & D grants)
 Openness
Success Factors
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13.  Application as trigger for …
 Inter-departemental cooperation
 Data standardization and harmonization
 Application as catalyst for data improvement
 OGD as facilitator for efficient know-how generation and
application development
 Fourfold win-situation: administration, academia, companies,
bicyclists
Lessons Learned
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