Transport for London release new open data feeds

TfL have released new open data feeds to help London find station parking spaces and avoid congestion.

Transport for London have released their latest open data feeds, which will provide live information on the number of parking spaces available in London Underground car parks, as well as improved traffic camera information which will make drivers aware of areas that are congested.

The latest feeds are available at http://ift.tt/1ZSi631 and is part of TfL’s commitment to make journeys easier for customers, by making its information available and accessible to create better products and services.

TfL have an extensive range of data feeds already available, such as live travel information for all TfL services and details of planned roadworks and live road incidents, which help millions of people plan their journeys around London each day.

Almost 500 mobile phone and online apps are already powered by TfL’s open data, providing up-to-the-minute information about the Capital’s public transport and road networks.

The new data feeds will provide drivers with information about all 61 London Underground station car parks, including location, cost and number of spaces. For 23 of these, a dynamic feed is available to inform people how many spaces are currently being used. TfL is working with its contractors to investigate expanding the feed to cover all 61 London Underground car parks in the future.

Regularly updated images of the TfL Road Network across London will be available via “JamCams”, with developers having access to five second looped videos which are available on the website, from available TfL cameras. This will allow people to see how traffic is moving on particular roads to help understand live traffic conditions.

Investigations and improvements will be ongoing throughout the year, including simpler access to the annual road safety data, improvement work on tunnels and further data schemes which are modernising the road network. TfL is also investigating how to make complex fares information more accessible for developers.

Future plans also including using historic and real time data to provide more information on the predicted status of public transport and road networks to provide customers with alerts in advance.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP, said: “Mobile devices and new sources of data are making it ever-easier to help people avoid delay and manage their journeys. We are absolutely committed to making sure that we help people have easier journeys through the Capital, and we are lucky enough to have a booming tech sector in London that is perfectly positioned to help us deliver on this commitment.”

Phil Young, Head of Online at TfL, said: “As people increasingly use mobile devices in every aspect of their day-to-day life, it’s vital that we make our information as easy for customers to access as possible, both through our own services and those of third parties and partners. This helps people make more informed choices and stimulates new products and services from the Capital’s world-leading tech sector.”

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