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style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;">The Open Data Hub is the central location for all Transport for NSW open data. The Open Data Hub was established in April 2016 at the Future Transport summit and replaced the Transport Data Exchange (TDX) Program. Since the launch of the Hub we have welcomed more than 35,700+ registered users who have created 9000+ applications via the Open Data Hub. </span></p><h2 style="background-color:white;margin-top:0cm;"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Browse</span></h2><p><a href="/data/dataset/"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">Browse our data catalogue</span></a><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;"> to explore our available APIs, downloadable datasets, interactive maps and insights. The Open Data Hub now hosts over 200 datasets with over 1000 resources (APIs, files and other documents) and counting. Use topics, tags and formats to narrow down to your interest area.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">If you are interested in geospatial in particular, check out our datasets with </span><a href="/data/dataset/?tags=geospatial"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">geospatial</span></a><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;"> resources. The maps are interactive allowing you to search, filter, zoom in/out. Maps data is downloadable as geospatial files resources within the same dataset.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">For visualisations and insights on transport related matters, you can go directly by selecting </span><a href="/data/dataset/?tags=insights"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">Browse Insights</span></a><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">. </span></p><h2 style="background-color:white;margin-top:0cm;"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Developers</span></h2><p><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">Transport Open Data is sourced by many developers to feed reference or real time data into their apps which service millions of NSW citizens.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">To support developers getting started on using Transport Open Data, we have  compiled under </span><a href="/developers"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">Developers</span></a><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;"> section a collection of useful resources including step-by-step user guide, documentation, and developer information.</span></p><h2 style="background-color:white;margin-top:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Data in Action</span></h2><h3><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Data Stories</span></h3><p><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;">Transport Open Data team works and collaborates continuously with various Transport teams and partners to enhance and enrich its platform, its features, data & insights available.  </span></p><p><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;">See our </span><a href="/datastories"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;">Data Stories</span></a><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;"> to find out some examples of how we are leveraging Transport data to provide passengers and communities with up to date and real time information </span></p><h3><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Innovation Challenges</span></h3><p style="background-color:white;margin-top:0cm;"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;">Each year we run multiple Innovation Challenges, aimed at encouraging finding new ways of using data, innovation in the NSW transport sector and improving the customer experience across all transport modes in NSW. Head over to our</span><a href="/innovation"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;"> Innovation Challenges page</span></a><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;"> to view current and past challenges.</span></p><h2 style="background-color:white;margin-top:0cm;"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Data Collaborations and Partnerships</span></h2><p><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">Data collaborations and partnerships play an important role in enabling improvements or new ways of using Transport data, with significant positive outcomes for Transport passengers and NSW communities, in line with Transport strategies.</span></p><p><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;">Through co-design, co-create or data exchange with other government, research, education or industry organisations we leverage partners’ expertise and resources, enable whole of government outcomes,  improve transport outcomes across the sector, all for the benefit of people of NSW.</span></p><h2 style="background-color:white;margin-top:0cm;"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Open Data Forum</span></h2><p style="background-color:white;margin-top:0cm;"><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;">The </span><a href="https://opendataforum.transport.nsw.gov.au"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;">Open Data Forum</span></a><span style="color:#212529;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;"> is the place to go to seek advice from our community of developers and TfNSW staff who are on hand to help. 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