be careful for what you wish for as there’s a bit of double-speak in your post–google have had access to a great deal of transport data that other parties have continually been denied access to, requiring protracted discussions and even litigation (which, as you can surmise, would obviously be successful). it’s clear google has tremendous visibility within public organizations and if used for good, it is a great way to liberate data of all stripes. but recognize your number one priority is to make such data available for use within google products and services. a *very* distant second mandate is to make such data available to the general public. examples in the US, UK and other areas abound–why should my company have to take legal action against a transit authority to simply be on the same playing field as google?

there’s a substantial difference between claiming openness and supporting it in a material way. this is easily evidenced by seeing how many agencies make their raw (or GTFS) data freely available v. those who make it available only via google transit–if nothing else, this should give you pause before making such aspirational claims, many of which you are in a position to affect.

regards
ian