Apr 21What’s buried beneath our feet? New National Underground Asset Register digital twin MVP goes live in LondonCity Hall hosted a great example of city-wide data collaboration with government this week with the launch of the National Underground Asset Register MVP: a digital twin of buried assets to aid infrastructure project delivery and protect worker safety. Below our feet lie thousands of kilometres of pipes, cables and…Cities7 min readCities7 min read
Mar 29Data for London: joining-up city data to build a better London for everyoneThis is a the first in a series of posts outlining London’s work on data. Below I run through the Data for London programme, what it involves, where it takes us and how to be part of it. Data is now vital city infrastructure underpinning public service delivery, growth and…Smart Cities7 min readSmart Cities7 min read
Jan 24Open innovation and the cost-of-living crisis (1)Almira Lardizabal Hussain from City Hall’s Open Innovation Lab on the cost-of-living work with one’s of London’s biggest boroughs… In the summer of 2022, City Hall launched its latest open innovation challenge, Challenge LDN. This programme is run out of the Greater London Authority’s new Open Innovation Lab, which designs…Open Innovation5 min readOpen Innovation5 min read
Jan 9The London Datastore turns 13 so here are 13+ data services important to Londoners (plus, what’s next for 2023…)Today we mark the 13th anniversary of the city’s central data platform, the London Datastore and to celebrate we’ve listed 13 data-enabled services changing the lives of Londoners for the better: 1 - The London Datastore currently has around 2,000 open and non-open shareable datasets. These are regularly used by…Smart Cities6 min readSmart Cities6 min read
Dec 13, 20222022 PlaybackAs 2022 closes here’s a take on digital, data, technology and innovation delivery from City Hall on behalf of the Mayor of London… Following the path set by the Smarter London Together Roadmap, our work has been (a) a mix of core infrastructure/capacity-building plays (I often describe this as ‘fixing…Smart Cities10 min readSmart Cities10 min read
Mar 9, 202225 steps to making London a smarter cityIn summer 2018 the Mayor of London launched Smarter London Together, a three-year Roadmap to make London “the smartest city in the world.” We’ve published a report outlining progress over the last few years towards better digital services, data sharing, connectivity, smart pilots and city-wide collaboration improve Londoners’ lives. The…Smart Cities6 min readSmart Cities6 min read
Nov 16, 2021A new city data sharing platform for LondonCity Hall’s Christine Wingfield and Paul Hodgson from the City Intelligence Unit discuss aspects of progress towards London’s new city data platform, an important manifesto commitment “How do big cities join-up data held by many different organisations to gain better insights or deliver better services to their residents?” This question…London4 min readLondon4 min read
Oct 7, 2021Using data to understand the impact of the pandemic on London’s high streetsIn collaboration with London Councils and 21 London boroughs, City Hall has launched a new service that gives London borough officers access to data on the health and performance of London’s 600 High Streets and 200 Town Centres — supporting the re-opening, recovery and renewal of these important social and…Data5 min readData5 min read
Sep 22, 2021Launch of London’s Emerging Tech CharterA set of practical and ethical guidelines for smart city emerging technology was launched today in London, Chief Digital Officer for London Theo Blackwell sets out why… As part of London Tech Week The Mayor of London is launching the Emerging Technology Charter for London — which lays out a…Smart Cities7 min readSmart Cities7 min read
Aug 9, 2021London’s open call finalists announcedWe are thrilled to announce the 20 innovators chosen as finalists for our Designing London’s Recovery programme. Earlier this year, the Mayor of London launched an open call inviting Londoners to take a radically creative and collaborative approach to co-creating transformative solutions that would help London recover from the devastating…Open Innovation2 min readOpen Innovation2 min read
