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7 This synthesis documents but is not limited to the following five major elements. • Characteristics of open transit data – Reasons for choosing to provide open data – Standards and protocols for providing open data – Underlying technology used to generate open data • Legal and licensing issues and practices – Legal and licensing issues – Public disclosure practices • Uses of open data – Applications – Decision-support tools – Visualizations • Costs and benefits of providing open data • Opportunities and challenges – Techniques for engaging users and reusers of data – Challenges associated with providing open data – Impacts on transit agencies and the public and private sectors A literature review, survey of selected transit agencies and other stakeholders, and detailed case examples or profiles were done to report on the state of the practice, including innovations, lessons learned, challenges, and gaps in information.
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8 and challenges associated with providing open data. In addition, information regarding the impacts on transit agencies and the public and private sectors was explored through the survey.
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