Greater Cambridge Data Audit (Transport Data)

Members of the GCP between them have significant and rich data assets.

Real time sensor data and historic information combined with new and emerging techniques in data management provide the opportunity to create a robust evidence base for policy making and the ability to manage the city in an intelligent way to solve challenges such as congestion and poor air quality.

However, there are a number of challenges in obtaining and maintaining a robust evidence base including the following: • There is no clear and unambiguous picture of the data held by the members of the GCP • The absence of a common overview of the data makes it difficult to get value from the data i.e There is no common data model • Data is held in a variety of systems/formats and it can be difficult to access • There are sometimes multiple and/or partial 'versions of the truth' which means that data is not always trusted This audit will be a first step in sorting through these issues