New transportation technologies are generating unprecedented amounts of data that is increasingly invaluable to cities’ understanding of their streets and management of the public right-of-way. NACTO maintains that secure access to this information is key to helping cities fulfill their many responsibilities, including: ensuring safe passage on public right-of way, governing activity on public streets, and protecting public health, safety, and welfare.

Managing Mobility Data, a joint product of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA), sets out principles and best practices for city agencies and private sector partners to share, protect, and manage data to meet transportation planning and regulatory goals in a secure and appropriate manner.

It is based on four principles:

• Data is a Public Good: Cities require data from private vendors operating on city streets to ensure positive safety, equity, and mobility outcomes on streets and places in the public right-of-way.
• Data Should be Protected: Cities and private companies should treat geospatial mobility data as they treat personally identifiable information (PII).
• Data Should be Collected Purposefully: Cities should be clear about when, why, and what data is necessary for planning, analysis, oversight, and enforcement purposes.
• Data Should be Portable: Open data standards help cities and private companies to share data in universal formats, enabling cities to use data from multiple sources, and supporting innovation in both the public and private sectors.

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Managing Mobility Data

Managing Mobility Data, a joint product of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA), sets out principles and best practices for city agencies and private sector partners to share, protect, and manage data to meet transportation planning and regulatory goals in a secure and appropriate manner.

Blog Posts

Big Data, Big Questions: Refining the Managing Mobility Data Framework (6/21/2019)

Press Releases

NACTO Releases City Data Sharing Principles (1/9/2017)
Cities Release Best Practices for Managing Mobility Data (5/30/2019)

Press

How Should Cities Handle New Mobility Data? NACTO Has Ideas (Government Today, 5/31/2019)
Why mobility data should be treated as PII (GCN, 6/10/2019)
With The Help Of Regulators, Micromobility Will Be Poised For A Massive Surge In Adoption (Forbes, 6/13/2019)