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NaPTAN - the most popular dataset you’ve never heard of

NaPTAN - the most popular dataset you’ve never heard of

NaPTAN is a shy dataset. If you’ve ever used a mobile journey planning app, you’ve probably used NaPTAN, most likely without knowing! NaPTAN, the acronym for National Public Transport Access Nodes, is a national database that contains a unique entry …

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Human resources, robot responses: introducing the DfT Lab

Posted by: Howard Pang, Apprentice Developer, Posted on: 18 January 2018 - Categories: Agile delivery, Digital, Transformation
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I’m Howard Pang, an apprentice developer in the Department for Transport Digital Service, and part of the newly formed DfT Lab.

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Remote control: embedding smart working in the Department for Transport

Posted by: Ben Rimmington, DfT Smart Working Champion, Posted on: 30 October 2017 - Categories: Digital, Transformation
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As newly appointed smart working champion for DfT I’m quickly getting used to being asked to define what smart working is.

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Can you digit: Crossrail’s data-driven project delivery

Posted by: Rob Best, DfT Information Risk Policy Team, Posted on: 18 August 2017 - Categories: Data, Transformation
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The Crossrail programme is putting data at the heart of managing an enormous engineering project.

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The power of flexible working

Posted by: Beth Sizeland, Director of Transport Security and DfT Smart Working Champion, Posted on: 4 August 2017 - Categories: Digital, Transformation
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Transport security can be more of a 24/7 job than a 9 to 5 one – which is why smarter working is particularly important in helping us provide a continuity of service.

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Running a digital speed learning session

Posted by: Susannah Johnson, DfT Digital Adoption team, Posted on: 10 July 2017 - Categories: Digital, Transformation
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DfT’s first ever digital speed learning event took place last month as part of our ‘Learning At Work Week’.

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Working in an Agile team as a novice

Posted by: Patience Osayande, DfT Passenger Services team, Posted on: 20 April 2017 - Categories: Agile delivery, Digital, Transformation
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A year ago, I joined the Crossing Thresholds programme, which is for women who want to develop their career in a structured and supportive environment.

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DfT Hacks: our first external hackathon

Posted by: Tom Ewing, Principal Data Scientist, Department for Transport, Posted on: 6 April 2017 - Categories: Data, Digital, Service Design
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A hackathon is an event where problems and challenges are solved innovatively, using data and technology.

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Data sharing and collaboration in the West Midlands

Posted by: Teresa Jolley, Creative Director, DEFT153 Ltd, Posted on: 3 April 2017 - Categories: Data, Open Data, Transformation
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One of the major challenges for reducing congestion and improving journey information is the sharing and use of road-related data between different organisations.

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This time it's persona(l) – starting the DfT data index alpha

Posted by: Richard Phillips, User Researcher, Posted on: 27 February 2017 - Categories: Agile delivery, Data, Service Design, User Research
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Making it easier to find and use data will help us do our jobs better - improving services and developing evidence based policy.  

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Findings from our data discovery

Posted by: Doug Linssen, Digital Fast Streamer, Posted on: 6 February 2017 - Categories: Agile delivery, Data, Transformation, User Research
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We recently blogged about the start of our project to see if we could create an index for our data to make it easier to find and use.

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