Annex B: Roadmap to national smart integrated ticketing
April 2024 to March 2025
- Launch Northern Isles Smart ferry Concessions (Concessionary related activity)
- Digital concessionary travel feasibility (Concessionary related activity)
- MaaS evaluation (Travel data enhancements)
- Support Fair Fares Review delivery projects for bus / rail / ferry (continues) (Ticketing)
- Consult on bus open data policy and legislation (continues) (Travel data enhancements)
- Launch of Digital Travel Data Services / Traveline Scotland (Travel data enhancements)
- Commence ‘options for a smart integrated ticketing system’ work (Ticketing)
April 2025 to March 2027
- Commence digital concessionary travel pilot work (if approved) (continues) (Concessionary related activity)
- Commence any NSTAB delivery activity e.g. quick wins (continues) (Ticketing)
- Enhanced legislation & guidance comes into force allowing regional ticketing arrangements and schemes to be enhanced (Ticketing)
- Develop future of MaaS (if successful outcomes) (continues (Travel data enhancements)
- Launch Western Isles Smart ferry Concessions (Concessionary related activity)
- Open data legislation laid (continues) (Travel data enhancements)
- NSTAB advice on technological standard & specify standards if appropriate (Ticketing)
- Consider legislation regards new integrated ticketing system (Ticketing)
April 2027 - Mar 2029
- Deliver the business case for a new national integrated ticketing system (continues) (Ticketing)
- Review digital concessionary travel pilot – next steps (Concessionary related activity)
- Procurement for new Digital Travel Data Services (Travel data enhancements)
April 2029 onward
- Award new Digital Travel Data Services contract (Travel data enhancements)
- Introduce a new national integrated ticketing system (subject to business case & funding) (continues) (Ticketing)
- Support pre-purchase multi-modal travel booking for most journeys in Scotland (continues) (Ticketing)
- Support delivery of multi-modal Account Based Ticketing, utilising any technological standard (continues) (Ticketing)
Dependencies
- Stakeholder support
- PESTLE support, ability & alignment
- Advice from NSTAB
- Funding
Assumptions
- No significant policy change
- Transport market remains the same
Tools
- Guidance
- Legislation
- Contracts
- Funding
- Forum creation
- Project management