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Latest transport

• Dial-a-ride journeys (DRT) on web map
  Display the bus information on the website by using web map.
• Free Car Checks
  A service to collate publicly available information on vehicles from various govermental sources (DVLA/VOSA/Police)
• Real-time Travel Advisor
  Apply scalable networking technologies to turn static journey planners into real-time multi-modal travel planning services.
• Smart meetings
  Optimise meeting efficiency -- balance the need to meet face to face with minimising travel time, expense and environmental impact.
• QUICK_GO : A Customised FROM - TO map for each citizen on their mobile
  QUICK_GO will show fastest route from place to place on the local google map.It shall also help in traffic congestion.
• TubeTimer
  A prototype which calculates coloured maps showing Tube journey times from chosen locations in London.
• Local Scene
  Represent local business/leisure areas in a way that is informative and allows people (abled/disabled) to plan their "outings" more easily.
• My Itinerary
  A place on the web where you can keep the journey plans you will want to use when travelling.
• Open up TfL with an API
  Empower developers, both professionals and hobbyists with live transport data used by the TfL route planner.
• Your Weather
  Get a five day weather forecast for your exact location.
• Price of Working
  Quickly show job seekers the cost in time and money of traveling to a potential new job.
• Live train running information in Google Maps 'show traffic'
  Google Maps on my iPhone to show live public transport info in the same way as traffic data
• Healthmap UK
  Information on what treatment is available at what hospitals, including out patient departments.
• Transport delays and the weather
  Using weather data and Transport for London data see where major problems are likely to occur, particularly in winter
• Drive a green machine
  Calculator showing cost of fuel and associated data when driving a biofuel powered car from city to city
• WeR1 (we are one) TV
  People book a time slot to air their views via self generated content about life in their local area
• Project Nirvana
  A one-stop portal for assisting people's relocation searches, including transportation, education, healthcare, social and accommodation requirements.
• TakeMeHome
  Mobile internet application which gives ways to get home, based on your current location.
• Targeted Partner Prospecting
  In these busy times maximise your opportunity to find a suitable partner by 'Targeted Partner Prospecting' using public domain data.
• Greentogo
  Greentogo will enable passengers to seamlessly plan and cost a total journey route in addition to lessening our carbon footprint.
• Direction Roadsign Database
  Create an online database of direction roadsigns for web based and satnav routing software.
• London-wide bus route map
  I suggest a re-introduction of the London-wide bus route map, showing connections with train, tube and tram services.
• Self made Interactive Guides
  Create your own interactive guide (s) to the UK with maps, routes, photos and audio based upon personal experience
• Travel to and from school
  Students who live further from school are often the most punctual: travel planning for all students
• On time, every time
  Know when the next train, tube or bus is arriving so you know if you have to rush or not
• Road Safety mapping
  Reports of hazards to be sent to single UK-wide website for (free) display on a web-viewable map.
• Quantified public transport usage justification portal.
  A website providing justification to using public transport for specific journeys in terms of time, cost and environmental damage.
• Access to Health
  Providing Public Transport links to services on NHS Choices
• Slash the fuel bill
  Sharing of vehicle location data across public organisations to identify possible shared resource opportunities.
• United Road Works
  A platform to allow for the co-ordination of works where roads need to be dug up.
• MOT mileage
  For the general public to be able to access last MOT mileage of a vehicle
• Job Search Plus
  Maximising re-use of existing, highly successful local and national government on-line services to develop a user centric recruitment service
• Car Share Hub
  Users register as either wanting a lift or offering. A central hub is managed that bring together divers and passengers.
• Where I want to live
  House buying help with geographical representation of all useful local features and amenities.
• Realtime TFL bus mapping
  View bus locations in realtime so that you can arrive at the bus stop just in time to catch it.
• Planes,Trains & Automobiles ( or Buses, Cars & Feet )
  A Public Domain Travel Time Geodemographic Analysis Tool
• Where Can I Live?
  Search for areas where you can easily commute to work from and you can afford to live in
• Gaps in public transport
  Identify places which are close together physically but hours apart by bus
• WreckMap
  Locations of wrecks and other underwater features.
• How is your driving?
  A site to highlight bad driving by aggregating location, car make/model and location of accidents/user submitted incidents.
• A map of road conditions for every local authority with a nam and shame
  a geographical map with the road condition, using data from fix my street and local authority scanner data
• Railway Users Feedback portal
  A single online page for all feedback on the UK rail service
• Timetables on your iPod
  Provide train and bus timetables in a standard format. Citizens can load them onto a mobile device for use on-the-move.
• Parking Fine Justice
  Users can find out whether parking fines for a particular street or location have been contested and the resulting judgement.
• EcoTrip planner
  As per a normal public transport trip planner, except it provides options for carbon emissions and energy consumption.
• WalkersWeb
  Walkers could share and report information about dangerous roads, to help road planners make them safer for pedestrians.
• Find and Go
  A public transport route information server utilising the growing GPS enabled mobile phones.
• ReCycle
  A geographic, environmental and traffic aware website for planning suitable cycle routes between different destinations.
• Traffic free school runs
  Sharing safe and traffic calmed routes to the country's schools
• Road safety
  An overlay of accident statistics onto a road map of the UK
• Car park finder
  A system to find a car park, with options like crime percentage & pay and display filter.
• CommutoCalc
  A tool to help people decide where to live and work.
• Oyster Catcher
  Make better use of data colected by oyster cards.
• Sat Nav Fuel Efficiency
  An option to be included in SatNav software to indicate most fuel efficient routes
• Find a NHS walk in centre on the way!
  Locates NHS walk-in-centres close to route between A and B which are also open when the route is taken.
• Traffic Collision Information Service
  Official reports into traffic collisions contain information about how the accident happened. But these are rarely reported.
• Traffic Rant
  Community site for pinning gripes about local road networks.
• Near the trains
  Information on what's available near train stations, accommodation, days out, cash machines, car hire etc.
• My Blue's And Two's - MyBLAT
  To map the average number of blue light journeys experienced per period on any particular road and relate to disturbance.
• Planning permission/Roadwork search
  A map overlay where you can see all local planning permissions, planned road works (and utilities service digging the road)
• Swimming pools en-route
  Identify swimming pools that you will pass on your journey.
• Songlines: location-sensitive mapping of cycleways and associated artworks
  Collective mapping of safe cycle/walking routes, creating downloadable wiki-maps and virtual artworks, distributed through location-sensitive mobile delivery
• Cabsharing
  Allowing travellers to book cabs to share instead of queuing up to take individual taxis to the same location.
• Fill That Hole
  A central, easy-to-use web site where cyclists and motorists can report road defects that cause hazards, such as potholes.
• Rural Car Parks
  Making the location of car parks, laybys and picnic sites available.
• OmniBus
  A tool to help communities petition for changes to & the creation of entirely new bus routes, stops & timetables.
• Routes to schools
  Visual map-based information giving children, parents and carers informed options on best / safest walk and cycle routes to schools.
• Time to Commute
  Allow people to determine where to buy a house depending on the time to commute from their chosen location
• Road Damage Notification
  Allowing people to highlight and vote on damaged roads in their area in order to prioritise fixes.
• Cycle parking
  Find cycle parking near your destination
• Public Transport Optimiser
  To optimise the public transport network, especially buses, so that they best serve the journeys which people reguarly make.
• Car price index
  Taking DVLA pricing data and letting the public and dealers see what their car was last sold for
• And now, here is the Traffic Forecast
  Forecast traffic on date and time using historical + weather + event calendar data
• Walkers Weather
  A search facility to highlight weather forecast for the next 24 hours and travel directions on getting to the location.
• Traffic Lights
  All traffic lights have a sensor system to monitor traffic in order to minmize waiting time
• Where's my bus?
  Fit buses with GPS to allow a user to monitor the location of a bus via the web or mobile.
• UK Cycling
  A "one-stop-shop" website from which a user can get all information on cycle lanes and trails along with other information.
• Traffic Light Timing and Sequences to Help Journey Planning
  Tell motorists how long they have to wait at traffic lights and when to expect their turn.
• Carpool Finder
  Carpool Finder would use detailed online maps to match people's commuter routes and facilitate efficient and easy carpooling.
• TrafficMover.gov.uk
  Up to the minute notification of planned roadworks, accidents and restrictions to minimise your journey time.
• The Pothole Reward Scheme
  A simple way to improve the roads, reduce unnecessary damage to vehicles/underground pipes and also reward good citizenship.
• Traffic Twitter
  Get the latest up-to-date travel information delivered to your mobile phone/GPS system.
• Shank's Mare 2.0
  Encouraging people to walk more over short distances by providing them with route map, time estimates and carbon savings estimates.
• DLVA Vehicle Enquiry - SMS
  Make the DLVA WEB Base vehicle inquiry service available to mobile phone users through an SMS interface.
• HowsMyDriving
  reporting of bad driving
• RoadHoles.gov.uk/.com/.co.uk
  Public driven database of road faults (specifically worn/damaged roads) information reviewed and sent to local authority for fixing.
• Journey Planner A to B
  Calculates quickest and cheapest way to get from A to B using a combination of walk/cycle/car/bus/train/plane if neccessary.
• Road Works API
  A public API of all roadworks.
• FixMyTransport
  A site where people with shared public transport problems could come together to get things improved
• Rate My Bus
  Complaining about bus service isn't easy. Wouldn't it be great to send complaints (or praise) to the bus company online?