The cities of Boston, Montreal and Lyon are facing common challenges characterized by ever-changing mobility needs. As a result, a growing number of private and public transport options are emerging, involving new uses for public spaces (car-sharing, on-demand transport, self-service vehicles, electric scooters, etc.). 

To plan service supply and adapt the urban environment, cities need a certain amount of data, which is often collected by the different transport operators. Obtaining and using this data in turn raise a series of questions, notably over data management and individual privacy. 

In addition, a number of current critical issues, as diverse as climate change, data confidentiality and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, have emphasized the acute relevance of dealing with urban mobility data management and policy in a collaborative and ecosystemic way, to better understand the evolutions at work and new emerging needs, and to adapt public policies accordingly.

Cities are therefore wondering how best to encourage the sharing of mobility data, with the aim of always better serving the common good and adapting quickly to new needs as and when they arise. In this context, the Movin'On ecosystem has seen the emergence of a complex issue we need to accompany and support. 

This topic involves a multitude of stakeholders who need to work together to produce actionable content in line with our editorial content aimed at ultimately improving sustainable multimodal mobility (one of our key topics, see below).