The capital’s transport authority is ready to let developers at its data on trams, crowding at Underground stations and road closures on Marathon day
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: London
Traffic Data Hack Day – Event Review
As previously outlined in our post on March 30 on this blog, the Traffic Data Hack Day was hosted by Amazon Web Services on April 6. The event was attended by TfL employees, academics working within this subject area, data scientists,…
2016: When the Freedom of Information Act will be dismantled
2015 was a year when the Freedom of Information Act came under attack; 2016 could prove to be the year it is damaged. The government’s FOI Commission – the ‘independent review’ of the decade old Act – has been rumbling…
Posted in Journalism, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: FOI, FOI Directory, Government, London, Matt Burgess, Transparency, UK
“Data helps us provide better transport”: TfL on Oyster cards, big data and contactless payments
Future of London New Technologies London One of the younger users of London’s Oyster card. Image: Romazur/Wikimedia Commons. In the last of the the Future of London series, presented by Transport for London, we talk to Shashi Verma, the transport…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Data, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Saving money, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: CityMetric, data, London, open data, Shashi Verma, Stan Walsh, Transport, Transport for London (TfL), Travel
Linked Data event
Group or Branch: CILIP A brand new Executive Briefing from CILIP Events, you can register your interest by completing the form at the link below. Location London CILIP 7 Ridgmount Street WC1E 7AE London United Kingdom See map: Google Maps…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Cilip, Event, Executive Briefing, linked data, London, open data
Tube strike – Web and open data analytics
As expected, last week saw 4 days of high demand on our website and open data during the Tube strike and in the build up to it, with traffic at 1.67 x normal levels over Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th August. The strike started…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: London, open data, statistics, Transport for London (TfL), tube strike, Undergound
Q&A: What makes a great city?
A paper published this week in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, which combines mathematical modelling with London Crossrail, suggests that the greatest cities are those with the best connectedness. We spoke to the lead authors Dr Aaron Sim, Professor…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Quality of life, Resilience, Smart communities Tagged with: connectivity, crime, Dr Aaron Sim, evolution, face-to-face, great city, Imperial College London, infrastructure, innovation, interactions, London, mobility, open data, opportunities, Professor Mauricio Barahona, Professor Michael Stumpf, Ruth Milne, supermarket, The Royal Society, Transport, urban, wealth
GLA: ‘Open data helps break down artificial administrative boundaries in cities’
With the 2015 Open Data Awards just around the corner, we catch up with Andrew Collinge, Assistant Director of the Greater London Authority Intelligence Unit, a finalist for the Open Data Publisher Award. The Open Data Awards celebrate innovation and…
Why a new website but no app? Part 1
A question we’ve been asked many times when gathering feedback on our new website is when we’ll develop smartphone apps for travel tools such as Journey Planner, maps, bus and Tube arrivals and service status. What many people don’t realise…