Re: Agenda May 7 - City Presentations: Use of New MDS 2.1 Features

[Michael Schnuerle]

Hello MDS Working Group,

We had fantastic presentations on new uses of MDS 2.1 in cities and with companies and vendors. 

1. Boston - MDS and Delivery of goods and food
2. INRIX - Denver and DC - Special fare programs for members and low income riders
3. Seattle - real time digital policy and geofencing communications for AV ride-hail from 911
4. LADOT - MDS Policy API geofencsing for Ciclavia planned event with vehicles like Waymo

Please watch the recording, view the combined slides, and read the chat log for all the details:

https://github.com/openmobilityfoundation/mobility-data-specification/wiki/Web-conference-notes,-2026.05.07-(MDS-Working-Group)#agenda

MDS 2.1 is currently under review by the OMF Board for final approval and release!

Thanks,

Michael Schnuerle

Director of Open Source Operations

@MichaelMobility · @OpenMobility

On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 11:42 AM Michael Schnuerle <mic...@openmobilityfoundation.org> wrote:

Hello MDS Working Group,

Our next MDS working group meeting is today, Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 9 am PT, 12 pm ET, and 15:00 CET!

Topic: City Presentations: Use of New MDS 2.1 Features

Cities and vendors will be presenting on their use of MDS 2.1 features ahead of the official release, and other interesting real-world uses of MDS.

Agenda

1. Intro and announcements (10 min)
2. City Presentations around MDS 2.1 (50 mins)
   1. Boston - MDS and Delivery - (link)
   2. INRIX - Denver and DC - Special fare programs (link)
   3. Seattle - real time digital policy and Geofencing communications for AV ride-hail (link)
   4. LADOT - MDS Policy API for Ciclavia vehicles

Track MDS 2.1 Release Plan progress.

Agenda and slides

https://github.com/openmobilityfoundation/mobility-data-specification/wiki/Web-conference-notes,-2026.05.07-(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.

Sorry for the late email about this! While the agenda page and calendar invite have been ready for a while (and it's been on LinkedIn and our member email) I neglected to send this email until now.

Thanks,

Michael Schnuerle

Director of Open Source Operations

@MichaelMobility · @OpenMobility