TfL plans new open data feeds
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
Tag: Transport
Unlocking Multi-modal Transport using Big Data: India’s Eastern Corridor
Rail and waterways are the most environmentally friendly modes of transport. They also provide the backbone for accelerated economic growth since they are able to carry huge amounts of freight over longer distances and in an economically efficient manner. The …
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How Santa Clara uses IoT, open data to tackle NFL invasion
When the San Francisco 49ers moved into Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium, the city started applying IT strategies to managing the massive crowds. (Wikimedia Commons) Handling the massive demands of a National Football League game is still a pretty new civic …
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China announcement on big data promotion to transform social governance
China’s Cabinet, the State Council publishes guidelines to promote the opening and sharing of government data to improve governance, boost innovation and promote economic restructuring, with the aim of forging a new model of social governance. A mechanism will be …
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How Many Stars Would You Give the TSA? Review Federal Agencies on Yelp…and Maybe Get a Response
Full functionality is now offered on pages of federal government services, including TSA Checkpoints, national parks, and other federal government “B2C” services. We are excited to announce that Yelp has concluded an agreement with the federal government that will allow …
On Open Data (…and vegetables)
After sitting through yet another presentation on Smart Cities earlier in the month I felt compelled to put pen to paper and ruminate on the nature of Open Data. Along the way I might touch on gamification, government policy and …
One FoI request, 175 million taxi trips
In March 2014, the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission shared an infographic about yellow taxis on the road in New York It’s #metricmonday again! Today’s #infographic shows data on yellow taxis on the road by day and time. #nyctaxi pic.twitter.com/EF5AsZm74H — NYC …
DATA STORY – Smarter Transport and open data
The “Cambridge Phenomenon” Since 1960, the Greater Cambridge area has been home to an ever-increasing cluster of technology, life sciences and services business known as the “Cambridge Phenomenon” (http://www.cambridgephenomenon.com/) . The success to date has been widely celebrated, but is …
Visualisations for the England Cycling Data project
As part of ongoing efforts for the England Cycling Data project, we’ve been keen to get visualisations done, to show the extent of the data and to show where merging needs to be done. Shaun from ITOworld – who are experts …
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England Cycling Data project
The England Cycling Data project aims to incorporate open data on cycling infrastructure released by the UK’s Department for Transport into OpenStreetMap. We’ve started taking account of a greater range of information about cycle routes in OpenStreetMap (the project from …