Fintraffic Experience: Multimodal data availability on the NAP

Finland’s experience was presented by Jaakko Rintamäki as part of NAPCORE Task 2.2 activities. Finland’s MMTIS National Access Point (NAP), accessible at www.finap.fi, was established in mid-2018 as a metadata catalogue rather than a centralized database. Finap was intentionally designed as a metadata network, though it incorporated limited database functionalities to track changes in public transportation, such as new lines, routes, trips, and service reductions. The service was developed against a legislative backdrop that prioritized mostly the National Act of Transport Services (a new framework at the time) and with less importance the MMTIS Delegated Regulation 2017/1926, which mandated multimodal travel information services across Europe. Finland’s approach fostered an API economy in the mobility sector. The underlying philosophy was that making transport and mobility data—along with sales and booking APIs—publicly available and open without restrictions would increase integrations between market actors and generate new business opportunities. This, in turn, would drive private innovation, reducing the burden on public sector actors to develop new digital and physical services. The vision materialized in the form of numerous MaaS initiatives and pilot projects that emerged following the legislative changes.