KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Local application developers can leverage open public transport data to help commuters plan their journeys more conveniently, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said.

He said the Transport Ministry (MoT) had adopted an open data policy several years ago, allowing interested parties to access the information to develop public transport applications.

“Public transport data has been made available for several years, and it can be accessed by anyone interested in developing applications,” he told reporters after launching the Masjid Jamek LRT Station beautification project here today.

Loke was responding to a question on the ministry’s support for the development of a local application ecosystem, particularly in terms of access to data.