About ODS

The Operational Data Standard (“ODS”) is managed by MobilityData serving as the ODS Manager under the authority of the ODS Board with basic monetary support through 2025 from the California Integrated Travel Project (Cal-ITP).

ODS was initially developed in 2021-2022 by the ODS Working Group (now known as contributors) using resources from the California Integrated Travel Project (Cal-ITP) in order to:

1. Create a common standard for transit operational data
2. Improve efficiency in dispatching, planning, scheduling, driver shift management, and other back-end transit operations
3. Reduce the burden of generating data for reporting (FTA and other)

As of 2023:

• ODS v1.0 is leveraged by several software vendors and transit agencies,
• ODS v2.0 is under active development,
• Independent governance and ownership has been established in order to meet the Mobility Data Interoperability Principles’ definition of an Open Standard.
• ODS is specified as a suggested requirement for Scheduling and CAD/AVL systems in the Mobility Data Interoperability Principles’ Procurement Resource