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#HighwaysHack - Data sets

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#HighwaysHack © Amy Evans

We are only two weeks away from #HighwaysHack. We've already described the three challenges in a previous blog post so now is a good time to give you an idea of the data that already exist and some that will become available for #HighwaysHack. We've collated links to Highways England datasets on data.gov.uk and datasets on Data Mill North into handy lists for strategy/planning, traffic/flow/accidents/road works, infrastructure, public transport, other.

Strategy/planning

  1. National Transport Model
    The National Transport Model (NTM) provides a systematic means of comparing the national consequences of alternative national transport policies or widely-applied local transport policies. These policies can be compared against a range of background scenarios which take into account major factors affecting future patterns of travel.
    Geographic range: National
  2. Road traffic forecasts 2015
    See also the DfT's Transport appraisal and strategic modelling (TASM) research reports.
    Geographic range: National
  3. NEW Roads Investment Strategy Schemes 2015-2020
    Period: 2015 to 2020
    Geographic range: National
  4. NEW Agreed Diversion Routes Area 12
    A shapefile to show the agreed diversion routes from the Strategic Road Network on to Local Authority roads. Diversion routes cover Area 12 of the SRN Yorkshire and the Humber. The diversion routes are currently being reconstructed from .pdfs and resurveyed as to their ongoing suitability. The routes included may not therefore be relied upon and are representative only.
    Format: shapefile
    Geographic range: Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield
  5. Road schemes
    Period: post 2020
    Geographic range: National
  6. Planning applications for Leeds
    Geographic range: Leeds
  7. Planning applications for Bradford
    Geographic range: Bradford
  8. Planning applications for Calderdale
    Geographic range: Calderdale

Traffic/flow/accidents/road works

  1. Highways England network journey time and traffic flow data
    Period: 2009-01 to 2015-03
    Geographic range: National
  2. NEW M62 Flow data
    M62 Junction 25 to 30 traffic flow, occupancy (%), speed (km/h), and headway (deciseconds) per lane per minute.
    Period: 2016-10-03 (Monday) to 2016-10-16 (Sunday)
  3. Live traffic information from Highways England (previously Highways Agency)
    Live traffic information data showing traffic information on the strategic road network in England, maintained by Highways England (previously called the Highways Agency).
    Period: Live
    Geographic range: England
  4. Webtris
    Interactive web app to view TMU/MIDAS site reports
    Format: web app
    Geographic range: National
  5. Webtris: Locations of TMU sites
    Traffic monitoring units. Contains longitude, latitude, Id, SiteId, and description
    Format: json
    Geographic range: National
  6. Webtris: Locations of MIDAS sites
    Induction loops. Contains longitude, latitude, Id, SiteId, and description
    Format: json
    Geographic range: National
  7. Webtris: Daily report for a TMU/MIDAS site
    Daily reports of traffic flow. Modify the URL to change the date range (from and to) and the SiteId
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: National
  8. Webtris: Monthly report for a TMU/MIDAS site
    Monthly reports of traffic flow. Modify the URL to change the date range (from and to) and the SiteId
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: National
  9. Webtris: Annual report for a TMU/MIDAS site
    Annual reports of traffic flow. Modify the URL to change the date range (from and to) and the SiteId
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: National
  10. The mean and median carriageway impact duration times and number of incidents by impact duration on all motorways
    Period: 2011-01 to 2014-03
    Geographic range: National
  11. Percentage of 'journeys' on Highways Agency motorways and A roads that are 'on time' by road section by rolling year
    Period: 2011-10 to 2012-06
    Geographic range: National
  12. HALOGEN AMI Signal Setting information
    The reports are provided as text files and contains the following columns: Date Time : The date/time of the setting (eg. 28/11/14 12:51:51)) Subsystem : The originating system (eg. SIG for Signals) Equipment Reference : An identifier for the AMI itself (eg. M6/5999A2) Setting: The actual setting on the sign (eg. 40R) Junction Range: The location of the AMI (eg M6 J8 - 10A)
    Period: 2014-10 to 2015-11
    Geographic range: National
  13. The DatexII toolkit and schema on the Traffic England site are relevant for live traffic information
  14. Planned road works on the HE road network
    This dataset provides information on planned roadworks carried out on the Highways England network. Roadworks listed cover the period up to 15 days in advance from the date of publication. It should be taken as a general indication of what is planned but individual closures could change right up to point of 'go live'. It is not to be considered as 'real time' information.
    Period: Live
    Geographic range: England
  15. NEW Planned closures
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: National
  16. Live roadworks API
    This link provides access to the live data held behind www.roadworks.org. Information such as live roadworks and gritting routes can be found here.
    Format: api (requires api key)
    Geographic range: National
  17. Leeds historic roadworks
    Data related to historic roadworks across Leeds. Automated update This dataset is updated automatically on the 1st day of each quarter.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  18. Stats19
    Road accidents in the UK
    Geographic range: National
  19. Leeds Road traffic accidents
    Information on accidents across Leeds. Data includes location, number of people and vehicles involved, road surface, weather conditions and severity of any casualties.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  20. Leeds annual traffic growth
    A dataset to show the traffic count from 30 cameras located around Leeds.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds

Infrastructure

  1. NEW Strategic Road Network Permanent Speed Limit Start and End Points
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: National
  2. NEW Strategic Road Network (Area 12)
    Format: shapefile
    Geographic range: Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield
  3. NEW Lighting columns in area 12 (Yorkshire and Humber)
    Format: shapefile
    Geographic range: Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield
  4. NEW Marker posts for the Strategic Road Network
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: National
  5. NEW Motorway Service Area/Rest Area
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: National
  6. Traffic signals in Leeds
    This dataset provides details of all traffic signals in Leeds including their address and Easting/Northing coordinates.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  7. Leeds traffic orders
    The following shape file datasets show the traffic orders for Lines (e.g. double yellow and parking bay restrictions) and Region (e.g. restricted parking zones for residents). Using appropriate Geographic Information Software (GIS) tools the datasets allow you to identify traffic orders across the city.
    Format: shapefile
    Geographic range: Leeds
  8. Historic potholes data
    Dataset showing recorded potholes across the city. Information includes location as well as recorded, action and completion dates.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  9. Street lights (unmetered)
    This dataset provides a list of all street lighting apparatus in Leeds that is unmetered (e.g. without an electricty meter). This forms the vast majority of our apparatus.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  10. Leeds pedestrian crossing points
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  11. Leeds parking spaces
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  12. Calderdale parking spaces
    Parking Spaces information. Includes Locality, Car Park Name and Number of Spaces. This information is published as part of the Local Government Transparency Code.
    Format: xls, csv
    Geographic range: Calderdale
  13. Leeds Live car park spaces API
    Leeds City Council can provide you with free access to live car park availability across the city.
    Format: api
    Geographic range: Leeds
  14. Council car parks
    List of council-owned car parks, their locations and number of spaces available.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  15. Roadee
    This is a pilot project in partnership with Leeds Beckett University to review road roughness and potentially identify potholes before they appear. Ten mobile phones were installed in 10 council vehicles and software continually collected and uploaded data whilst the vehicle was in use.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  16. OpenStreetMap roads in West Yorkshire (36 MB)
    Format: geojson
    Period: as of 2016-09-27
    Geographic range: Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield

Public transport

  1. NaPTAN
    NaPTAN is Britain's national system for uniquely identifying points of access to public transport. It is a core component of the national transport information infrastructure
    Geographic range: National
  2. National Rail Enquiries data feeds
    National Rail Enquiries (NRE) support the principle of transparency and contribute to the wider industry agenda by making data openly available in the public domain.
    Geographic range: National
  3. Network Rail transparency
    Format: api
    Geographic range: National
  4. Bus information API
    Information about bus companies and bus stop locations around the UK. Developers should contact Traveline directly to discuss terms of usage
    Format: api
    Geographic range: National
  5. Bus stops
    This dataset lists all the bus stops in the region of the 5 West Yorkshire District Councils (there are over 14,400 stops, although this figure includes each stop at bus stations
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield
  6. Leeds Bus lane fines
    Data files that contain every fine issued for unauthorised vehicles being in bus lanes. The data contains date, time, location, fine issued, discount available, and total paid
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds

Other

  1. NEW Open Street Map for West Yorkshire
    A series of Geojson files derived from Open Street Map data for West Yorkshire.
    Period: as of 19th October 2016
    Format: geojson
    Geographic range: Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield
  2. Northern Powergrid Industrial fleet mileage
    The following datasets provide a breakdown of the mileage and number of vehicles of the Northern Powergrid fleet.
    Period: 2012 to 2014
    Format: csv, xls
    Geographic range: Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield
  3. Leeds Taxi and private hire licences - total number
    Breakdown of the number of each type of taxi and private hire licence issued in Leeds
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  4. Hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences issued in Leeds
    List of all hackney carriage driver (taxi) and private hire (minicab) vehiclelicences issued by Leeds City Council
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  5. Hackney carriage and private hire drivers licences issued in Leeds
    List of all hackney carriage driver (taxi) and private hire (minicab) driver licences issued by Leeds City Council
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  6. Private hire operator licences issued in Leeds
    All current private hire operators licences (including operator licences that do not currently have any vehicles or drivers associated with them).
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  7. Leeds private hire drivers and vehicles registered to each licensed operator
    Private hire operators licensed in leeds and the number of private hire vehicles and drivers that are registered as working with them.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  8. Leeds primary gritting routes
    Dataset showing main primary gritting routes in Leeds. Includes information of starting and end points and ward locations. Automated update
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  9. Calderdale Gritting Routes
    Data contains the names of streets in Calderdale which are included on the Precautionary and Classified Gritting Routes.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Calderdale
  10. Leeds Dropped kerb applications
    This dataset provides information on the number of dropped kerb applications received by Leeds City Council per calender year, and the income received from these applications
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  11. Leeds fleet vehicles
    Dataset showing all council owned vehicles.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  12. Leeds On-street parking fines
    Data files that contain fines issued for unauthorised parked vehicles in on-street locations. The data contains date, time, location, fine issued, discount available, and total paid.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  13. Leeds Off-street parking fines
    Data files that contain every fine issued for vehicles not having a valid parking ticket whilst in car parks. The data contains date, time, location, fine issued, discount available, and total paid.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  14. Number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) Issued and Ranked by Street in Calderdale
    List of the streets where Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) are issued ranked from the most at the top to the least at the bottom.
    Format: xls, csv
    Geographic range: Calderdale
  15. Leeds Rain gauge rainfall data
    This dataset shows rainfall data from 6 rain gauges located at various locations across the city. Please note The siting of the gauges is not to Met Office standards
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  16. Leeds Air quality - nitrogen dioxide
    Datasets showing nitrogen dioxide levels (NO2) at various locations around Leeds.
    Format: csv
    Geographic range: Leeds
  17. ONS Population estimates
    Geographic range: National
  18. Flood Risk Register (Environment Agency)
    This dataset and supporting document provides useful information to be able to easily access relevant flooding open data made available by DEFRA.
    Format: csv