9th August 2017 by Daryl Rozario
By Mark Wingham. You often hear in the media that London receives a lot more in transport spending than any other region. And yes, more is spent in London in total than anywhere else in the UK – around £8.5 billion was spent by the public sector in 2015-16, more than a quarter of the UK total....
9th March 2016 by Francisco Goncalves
From the 2nd to the 4th March, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano held two important technical meetings in the early stages of our H2020 Smart Cities and Communities Programme, “Sharing Cities”. During three days, all the relevant partners, responsible for the demonstration of tangible technology...
27th January 2016 by Andrew Collinge
Last week, we launched our H2020 Smart Cities and Communities Programme, “Sharing Cities”. The two day event brought together 70 people, from 30 partner organisations, 6 countries, all working in splendid harmony across 8 highly connected work packages – well that’s the plan, eventually. With a...
18th January 2016 by Joseph Colombeau
Older people can face various barriers to experiencing the full range of benefits that society affords. Poor transport links, social isolation and insufficient income can all have a detrimental impact to a person’s quality of life. This inability for an individual to benefit from the opportunities...
16th October 2015 by Larry Alton
Several times a year, London will experience a Tube strike in which thousands are unable to ride the rails. As a result, Transport for London (TFL) has been working round the clock to provide extra transportation routes and networks to accommodate those people. Because people have a harder time...
17th September 2015 by James Swanston
In the military there is a great expression – the fog of war – which is all about how confusion can reign on a battlefield because of all of the unknowns that happen. There was a recent article in the Washington Post about the issue of waiting in line, and how the typical first-come, first served...
27th August 2015 by Larry Alton
For the better part of a decade, IT experts have discussed the imminent impact of big data and cloud computing on the very cities we live in. It wasn’t until recently that the deeper effects of their forecasts became apparent, however. Now, in the second half of 2015, the question arises: How have...
22nd July 2015 by Anna Johansson
Smart Cities are progressive cities – and that’s especially true for London. For the last year or so, London has been seen as the unofficial contactless payment capital of the world. Most of this reputation comes from the widespread adoption of contactless payments on the Transport for London (TfL)...
26th June 2015 by Julia Harrowsmith
London has a healthy market of digital connectivity providers – some big names, but hundreds of other smaller firms offering all kinds of different solutions. It is also home to hundreds of thousands of potential consumers of faster digital connectivity. We know that some businesses and residents in...
19th May 2015 by Gareth Piggott
BusIT is a website and mobile application developed by Chris Haynes of Lamplight Development to allow you to plan bus journeys around London. On the datastore are links to feeds of TFL Timetable Listings and Bus stop locations and routes.
13th May 2015 by LarryAlton
Smart cities is an incredibly appealing concept. It’s essentially a project that uses the latest and greatest technology to improve city life for everyone, with improved traffic, energy efficiency, more public safety, better resources where they’re needed, higher levels of education, and more. Smart...
10th May 2015 by Gareth Piggott
Created by Ben Baker this mashup shows the real-time status of all docking points in London, with streetview integration. Data is available from a TFL feed.
19th April 2015 by Gareth Piggott
Matthew Somerville has created a visualisation to track London Tube trains in real time on a map showing all trains in real time on the London Underground. Train times are available from the TFL live feed.
19th April 2015 by Gareth Piggott
Oliver O’Brien has created a visualisation showing a map of live Bike Share/cycle hires of London and other cities. These maps track bicycle usage every 10 minutes over the past 2 days.
12th September 2011 by Guest Blogger
In one of the most significant new data releases of the year, London Buses have this week released live bus departure information for every stop in London on countdown.tfl.gov.uk. This is a beta service to test the system, and users should read the release notes for further details. This release...
20th May 2011 by Guest Blogger
1 July 2011 – 31 March 2012 This summer a new exhibition about London opens at London Transport Museum – you could be part of it. Sense & the City explores the powerful new forces that are shaping the way we live, work and travel in the city. GPS, pervasive wireless, sensing, near field...