NSS Seminar, May 2011
Transmet: the journey
Jonathon Khoo
Transport, Tourism, and Local Government
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Outline
What is Transmet?
How was Transmet identified as a
need?
Lessons learnt and future
challenges
TRANSMET
TRANSMET
TRANSMET
TRANSMET
Transmet is a portal
Visibility and awareness of
transport data
Metadata based on standards
(SDMX, ABS data quality
framework)
Identifying TRANSMET
National Transport Policy
Framework.
Strategic Research and
Technology Working Group
Transportation Data Action Plan
Actions from plan
1. Identify strategically important data
2. Identify Gaps
3. Define classifications, standards
and Methods
Actions from plan
4. Minimum accuracy criteria
5. Minimum currency criteria
6. Improve the Institutional Environment
7. Provide Access
Transmet meets action 7.
ATDAN
Australian Transportation Data
Action Network
Established in 2009 to progress
the data action plan
Chaired by ABS; membership
from Commonwealth, States and
Territories.
ABS maintains TRANSMET on
behalf of ATDAN
ATDAN
Fill key data gaps:
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Annual Survey of Motor Vehicle Use
Freight Movements Survey
Transport Satellite Accounts
Lessons learnt and future
directions
Lessons learnt and future
directions
Lesson 1: KISS
Lessons learnt and future
directions
Lesson 2: We’ve only just begun
Lessons learnt and future
directions
Lesson 3: Long and winding road
Lessons learnt and future
directions
Lesson 4: Better Man
Lessons learnt and future
directions
Lesson 1: KISS
Lesson 2: We’ve only just begun
Lesson 3: Long and winding road
Lesson 4: Better Man
Thank You