Making mobility data interoperable remains one of the major challenges in the transition towards smarter and more responsive transport systems. Data is often spread across different organisations, modes, and technical environments, which makes it difficult to combine, compare, and use effectively in real operational settings.
For multimodal traffic management, this is a critical issue. Without interoperability, valuable data from infrastructure, operators, services, and users can remain fragmented, limiting the ability of authorities and mobility actors to respond quickly, plan better, and coordinate actions across the network.
FEDORA is helping address this challenge by developing a more connected and collaborative approach to mobility data. Through its cross-sectoral data space, the project works on interoperable interfaces, common data formats, data cataloguing, and tools that support better data sharing, understanding, and validation. The goal is to make mobility data more accessible, more usable, and more relevant for advanced traffic and network management applications.
In this video, Peter Schmitting, Manager at ERTICO – ITS EUROPE, explains why interoperability matters and how FEDORA is contributing to this effort. His perspective underlines the importance of creating the conditions for data to move more effectively across systems and stakeholders, so that future mobility solutions can become more integrated, adaptive, and impactful.