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...‘junk text’ of no value to the analysis (for example signatures, virus scanning text). We spent a lot of time building a machine learning algorithm to solve this issue. It...
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...
The Department for Transport receives around 70,000 bits of correspondence a year of various types, usually requiring a response.
The rebuild of London Bridge station, as part of the Thameslink Programme, presented us with a great opportunity to try out some new ways of helping people find their way around a busy station.
Earlier this month, DfT ran its second Hack Club event, where prototype services are built from scratch in double quick time.
It’s all too easy to focus on work and domestic priorities and leave things like volunteering to the next guy. However, think of the older people in your family or...
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.