Agenda Jan 15 - Vehicle Lifecycle and MDS 2.1 Updates

[Michael Schnuerle]

Hello MDS Working Group,

Our next MDS working group meeting is Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 9 am PT, 12 pm ET, and 6 pm CET.

Topic: Vehicle Lifecycle and MDS 2.1 Updates

Review and discuss recently completed changes for the MDS 2.1 release.

Agenda

1. Intro and announcements (10 min)
2. MDS 2.1 Updates (45 mins)
   1. Vehicle Lifecycle #899 - SFMTA
   2. Vehicle software/hardware properties #705 - Vianova
   3. Bulk vehicles requests #924 - Populus
   4. Event descriptions & passenger pickup/drop off in trips #758 - Netherlands, Populus
   5. Miscellaneous updates PR #965 - OMF, Blue Systems

Agenda and slides

https://github.com/openmobilityfoundation/mobility-data-specification/wiki/Web-conference-notes,-2025.01.15-(MDS-Working-Group) 

Call details:

Zoom Registration and Join Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscOmhpjIuHNakPx6CNbACpjUjw1Gsucr4 

Meeting info is reflected on the OMF public calendar and MDS mailing list.

Thanks,

Michael Schnuerle

Director of Open Source Operations

@MichaelMobility · @OpenMobility

[Michael Schnuerle]

Thank you all for a good meeting about some recent updates to MDS development. 

See this link for a recap with notes, recording, chat log, slides, and action items:

https://github.com/openmobilityfoundation/mobility-data-specification/wiki/Web-conference-notes,-2026.01.15-(MDS-Working-Group)

Here are the action items for you to focus on:

1. Leave thoughts on the need for a new bulk vehicles request #924
2. How can we implement vehicle software/hardware properties #705 and maintenance (schedule and when it happened)? May be next MDS meeting topic
3. Add passenger_pickup and passenger_drop_off booleans to Trip, per #758
4. Clarify event descriptions reservation cancel/start/stop
5. Clarify in State descriptions that driver waiting is happening between stopped and on trip States, and passenger waiting is between reserved and stopped

Thanks,

Michael Schnuerle

Director of Open Source Operations

@MichaelMobility · @OpenMobility