Next Ride is the perfect example of a Walloon startup made possible by an Open Data initiative taken by a public operator. TEC, the Walloon public bus operator announced opening up their data only a year ago during the first edition of Open Belgium. Today they already have a tangible case of how opening up data can benefit all the involved. stakeholders. NextRide is a transit mobile companion, offering quick and user friendly access to TEC and STIB/MIVB bus, tram and subway timetables on iPhone, Android, Windows Phone & on the web. Thomas, co-founder of NextRide, will explain how ProchainBus, which started out as a student hacking project became NextRide, a startup ready to take off on the international market. And how this young team is now partnering with 2 out of the 4 Belgian transit agencies. Thomas will show how open data, rather than a source of competition, can actually enlighten public services.

1. Open-Data: our story
23RD FEB. 2015

2. MOBILE COMPANION FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTS

3. STARTING POINT
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5. In every country, the same app.

6. - Design range from poor to average
- Few/No updates
- No powerful features

7. Photo (CC) - andrea_minoia

8. Photo (CC) - Lee Gwyn

9. One of the most used type of app.

10. but far from being the most actively developed.

11. And it’s okay: it’s not their job.

14. This, is their job.

15. OpenData :
giving us the opportunity to make it our job

16. WHAT WE DO
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20. THEY WON’T/CAN’T DO IT
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21. Margaux Karim Jean Julie Fred SteveFatima

22. Margaux
COMMUNICATION
MANAGER
Mick
TECHNICAL
MANAGER
Mathieu
VISUAL
MANAGER
Thomas
PROJECT
MANAGER

24. DOWNLOADS
168.000

25. USERS
37.000
SESSIONS
283.000
SCREEN VIEWS
1,4 million
EVERY
MONTH

26. OPEN-DATA AND US
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27. We did not wait Open Data to… well, open data.

33. ALL IS NOT PERFECT
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34. 3 black spots in our life, today.

35. TEC & STIB realtime

36. DeLijn Data Sharing

37. SNCB-NMBS

38. STARTING POINT Mobile App: a full-time job
WHAT WE DO Powerful features for power-user
THEY WON’T DO IT Crowd-sourcing disruptions
OPEN-DATA & US Open-Data everywhere!
ALL IS NOT PERFECT 3 black dots in our life

39. One more thing…

40. LET’S PLAY!
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41. @NextRideApp
Help @NextRideApp, open uw data @SNCB @NMBS
@DeLijn! We zullen goed gebruik maken, beloofde :-)
#opendata #OpenBelgium15 - RT to support :-)
Aidez @NextRideApp, ouvrez vos données @SNCB
@NMBS @DeLijn! On en fera bon usage, promis :-)
#OpenData #OpenBelgium15 - RT to support :-)

42. CREDITS
Little Belgium - Liegetogether, Nicolas Coorens
Tuncay
Christian R. Hamacher
gianni belloni
Ville Miettinen
gianni belloni
Sander van der Wel
François Xavier TESTU
Guillaume Brialon
a magic monkey!
Peter Kirkeskov Rasmussen
Dennis Grailich
Serg C
epSos .de
Never House
harry_nl
tramfan239
Hendrik Ploeger
Lali Masriera
Thomas Lieser
wwwuppertal
Sivi Steys
Thomas Lieser
Bentley Smith
Jens Luedicke
tuo tengganai
Alberto Rincón
NguyenDai
Mark Garbowski
Mark Garbowski
Cedric Lange
Photo Dean
Ian Muttoo
Steven Feather
Chris Chabot
wwian
Gerard Stolk