New deliverable on main challenges and opportunities, constraints and bottlenecks of OS in transport research

The main objective of the deliverable D5.1: Main challenges and opportunities, constraints and bottlenecks of Open Science in transport research is to identify the challenges, opportunities and barriers of Open Science in transport research.

On that purpose a two-step methodology was developed:

• A targeted review of literature findings was conducted in order to identify the challenges, opportunities, constraints and bottlenecks of Open Science in transport research at European, national and institutional level.
• Based on the results of literature review, a Delphi survey on the challenges, opportunities and barriers of Open Science in the transport sector was also conducted among a panel of transport experts.

The deliverable concludes that the global transport research and industry are at the forefront of embracing Open Science and the provision of open data and services, a need which is also accelerated by the rapid developments in transport sector. The availability of open transport data delivers net benefits to:

• both transport research community and researchers, by improving data access and promoting the development of new ideas and research results and
• to transport organisations/companies and the customers, by enabling a more efficient operation suitably adjusted to customers' needs and ensuring transparency.

Under these circumstances, transport research should be proactive and support the principles of openness overcoming the barriers.

You can read and download the full report here:  https://beopen-project.eu/storage/files/beopen-d51-main-challenges-and-opportunities-constraints-and-bottlenecks-of-open-science-in-transport-research.pdf