Applying data science to policy

Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash One of the great things about working at the Department for Transport (DfT) is that it’s a really outward-facing department. During my 3 years...
Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash One of the great things about working at the Department for Transport (DfT) is that it’s a really outward-facing department. During my 3 years...
...be top of their priority list, there are frustrations with the existing process. This suggests opportunities to reduce the burden, even if we can’t remove it completely. The website that...
A hackathon is an event where problems and challenges are solved innovatively, using data and technology.
Making it easier to find and use data will help us do our jobs better - improving services and developing evidence based policy.
Earlier this month, DfT ran its second Hack Club event, where prototype services are built from scratch in double quick time.
Highways England (which replaced the Highways Agency in 2015) is at the beginning of a journey to improve the quality of its data.
Transport is so much a part of all of our lives, whether you’re travelling to or from work, visiting family and friends, going on holiday or just being out and about.