Open Transport Community Conference 2026 highlights KDE Itinerary and transit data
Key Takeaway
The 2026 conference merged with the OTP Summit and focused on open transport data standards and KDE Itinerary development.
Summary
The second Open Transport Community Conference, held in Bern, Switzerland, saw a merger with the OpenTripPlanner (OTP) Summit. The event brought together approximately 140 stakeholders to discuss open data standards like GTFS and NeTEx, as well as specific software developments for transit routing and ticketing.
Technical developments in transit software
- KDE Itinerary saw progress on an experimental iOS port, with initial patches being upstreamed to KDE Frameworks.
- Transitous expanded its coverage to include the Chinese railway system and addressed "meta station" logic for major transport hubs.
- Improvements were made to geocoding in Itinerary by refining result merging and fixing Photon response parsing.
- Work continued on decoding Spanish and Norwegian train ticket barcodes via the Kaitai Spec.
- Discussions covered evolving standards including GTFS-Flex, NeTEx, and SIRI.
Why it matters
The merger with the OTP Summit and the move under FOSSGIS e.V. aim to provide a sustainable organizational base for future open transport community events.
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