In his latest round-up of urban data visualisations, Max Galka reduces English and Welsh commuters to animated dots, reimagines New York as a video game, and explores Lisbon with the ‘graffiti grannies’ If you’ve ever found yourself packed like a…
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Tag: commute
This interactive map lets you watch who commutes to your city every day
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data Journalism, Journalism, Neat tools, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Visualising data Tagged with: commute, data visualisation, mapping, Max Galka, ONS, open data, The Guardian
Cambridge is region’s commuting capital – and look how far people will travel to work here
Cambridge is the region’s commuting capital with people coming from all corners of East Anglia to work here, new analysis shows.A series of extraordinary maps reveal the vast distances large numbers are prepared to travel to capitalise on the Cambridge…
Economically speaking, Britain is losing three or four cities a year. Blame longer commutes
Commuting Britain Economics The ONS’ Travel To Work Areas around London, based on 2011 census data. Image: ONS. We often hear that the world is getting smaller, as people travel with greater speed and frequency. New data released this month…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Transparency, Visualising data Tagged with: Census, City Metric, commute, Jonathan Schifferes, ONS, open data, Transport, Travel