Thanks to some volunteers and Open Mercia, RnR and Data Unlocked, the West Midlands now has a Data Store. Next question: what should we do with it? Having joined the West Midlands Open Data Forum in November 2013, I realise how important it is to capture and store local open data. The government’s data.gov.uk is …
Teresa Jolley shares the experience of her first ‘hack weekend’ creating an interactive map for tweeting your MP on High Speed 2 (HS2). As part of the HS2 team winning the Crowd Category award at The Times Build The News weekend in February 2014, we proved that with a nose for a story, some basic …
Teresa Jolley reflects on the key messages from the South West engagement session held by the Department for Transport in Exeter on 3rd March 2014 to consult on proposed funding changes for Highways Maintenance block capital funding post 2015. The Department for Transport is proposing greater certainty of funding for Highways Maintenance between 2015/16-2020/21, which …