Open Transport Data Manifesto

Nisha Thompson - 10-MAR-2015

Last year a small group of people have been talking about transit data on the DataMeet Google Group, so we decided to form a working group on open transport data.

Someone (BPAC?), please fund a CIO for Bangalore

silkboard - 19-MAY-2013

"Can't fix it if you can't measure it". That is what a lot of people say. There is a lot that gets measured by BBMP/BMTC/BWSSB/BESCOM/BDA etc. But we just don't get to see. Want GIS data used for creating masterplan to be public? Want to know the city's water consumption, and inflow from each source every day?

How to solve inequity and corruption in BWSSB water distribution

sanjayv - 24-JUL-2012

Background

BMTC route allottment - sheet attached

ss87 - 10-OCT-2010

BMTC has recently launched a document providing the red board bus routes an dnumber of buses allocated to it along with the number of trips-though timings havent been provided I think we can make use of it a bit

I have attached the document along with the file-please go through the same

Open Data Project - putting on hold

silkboard - 6-OCT-2010

Give the current state of digitization, automation, and storage and access within most government departments, some of us have realized that this project requires far more bandwidth than we can afford at this point of time.

Number and Type of Violations

silkboard - 22-SEP-2010

Data on traffic violations, by type - comparative statement: M.V. ACT  Cases booked for years 2006 TO 2010 in Bangalore City:

Open Data progress - met with dept. of Sericulture

silkboard - 15-JUL-2010

So after 2 months of pause - we have been struggling to work meeting dates with some govt depts we have spoken with - we kicked this off with a meeting with Manivanan, who now heads dept of Sericulture.

A few suggestions on Opendata

shekhar_mittal - 29-JUN-2010

I had a few ideas and wanted to run it through you guys.

I think we should lay greater stress on partnerships. We will be able to make a greater impact and work on our strengths if we do that. When I say our strength what I essentially mean is our community and our analytical skills. While I realise what I am proposing is not really "OpenData" but it will be a very good start.

Some organisations I suggest we reach out to are -

1. Accountability Initiative - (check them out here: http://www.accountabilityindia.org/)
I had reached out to the lady who runs it, Yamini Aiyer, for some other reasons. If you look at their home page they have a lot of mention of opendata. During our conversation she told me that they already have MIS data of 12 government ministries ( I dont ask the exact details) but they have not made them available yet. Maybe we can get our hands on that data and then start discussions on them and make that data available on our site.

Presentation describing Open Data pilot

silkboard - 20-JUN-2010

Here is a presentation describing the Open Data pilot proposal. Credits to IDS, Shekhar, Rithesh and Sreeram. We have been speaking with a few government officials for their participation in the pilot and expect to 1-3 confirmations ASAP.

Personally, I find the proposal very exciting. There are parallels from UK/US to borrow from, but our government systems are not as digitized yet and not everyone is used to talking transparency using real data (citizens, media or governments), so the work involved should be unique and interesting.

Open Data for Karnataka - Pilot

admin123 - 20-JUN-2010

Not the usual Praja type project, but here is a different and potentially high impact project we are putting up for your support.