Transport for London boards the mash-up bandwagon

by Ed ParsonsData Policy, Google Maps, TransportPosted on 6 Comments

As introduced by Christopher Osborne @osbornec on Twitter this morning (where else do you get news these days ?), Transport for London (TfL) the government organisation responsible for most transport in London have begun providing access to limited amounts of their transit data, via a simple web feed interface. TfL must be congratulated for this step, and by doing so using simple XML …

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The problem with T5

by Ed ParsonsThoughts, TransportPosted on Comments are Disabled

Is people… Having had my first experience of Heathrow Terminal 5 this week, I was expecting from all the media reports something not much better than the original Heathrow Aerodrome of 1946, including the tents !! I’m pleased to say overall, I was very happy with the experience, however there are still a few problems, …

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When the Propellor heads play with public transport..

by Ed ParsonsGoogle Maps, Technology, Thoughts, TransportPosted on 2 Comments

Last week I was in Norway attending the annual InformNorden Conference, which is an event which covers the issues and impacts of ICT on Public Transport in Northern Europe. To some extent you might imagine this represents a culture clash between largely conservative public sector organisations administrating transport networks and technology providers. This is actually …

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