New PhD @ITSLeeds: Spatial interaction modelling for future transport demand simulation 📢
phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2171…
Spread the word and get in touch with any questions about this new opportunity with me and @DrMalcolmMorgan 🚀
Annual bus statistics out today show that there were 3.6 billion local bus passenger journeys in England in the year ending March 2024, up 7% #bus#statistics
Read the full report: gov.uk/government/statistics…
ALT A bar chart showing local bus journeys in England since the year ending March 2005. Bus use increased between the year ending March 2005 and 2009, after which it remained fairly stable until the year ending March 2015, before gradually beginning to fall. In the year ending March 2021, there was a steep decline because of movement restrictions introduced throughout the year to reduce the spread of coronavirus. Since then, bus use has been continually recovering, with local bus journeys in the year ending March 2024 being 90% of pre-pandemic levels.
Introducing new updates to the OS National Geographic Database 🎉
This new release is a game changer for the public sector and organisations who access millions of features to help shape the world around us.
Now available on the OS Data Hub: ow.ly/2wvP50TBnsa
Map/data help: I now have 276 videos on my channel, the vast majority of which are quick QGIS tips, but there are also a few longer tutorials plus a playlist on 3D stuff with Aerialod, and a look behind the scenes too #QGIS#aerialodyoutube.com/@automaticknowle…
An updated version of my deprivation by constituency chart, for the 2024 UK general election
Previous versions and more info: statsmapsnpix.com/2021/05/fa…
Looks like there were three big transfers of seats on the night
🔵🔴 179 Con -> Lab
🟡🔴 35 SNP -> Lab
🔵🟠57 Con -> Lib
(kudos to @narottammedhora for this brilliant sankey chart) @thetimes#ge24thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
A reminder for anyone doing election mapping that I have standard, hex and standard hex files here, in shp, geojson and gpkg format
automaticknowledge.org/wpc-h…
A side-by-side geo-plus-hex layout for the new UK constituencies is now uploaded for anyone who would like to use it - so you can have standard geo view, hex view, or both at the same time in shp, geojson or gpkg (see this vid)
automaticknowledge.org/wpc-h…
#gischat UK announced a general election today which will happen on 4th July, so time to break out those election maps! Thanks to @undertheraedar
Hexagons are the bestagons! h/t @helenmakesmaps
Election mappers: get your 2024 constituency hexagons here (PS the colour version here is not a prediction - or is it?)
automaticknowledge.org/wpc-h…
Bus passengers across England have spoken - with 80 per cent of passengers satisfied with their last journey in our new survey.
But wide variation in scores across the country show that some passengers are being let down.
Find out more: ow.ly/1lfI50QRW36#YourBusJourney
ALT David Sidebottom, Director at Transport Focus, saying: "People depend on buses to get them to places of work and education, to important appointments and to give them access to shops and leisure."
🔜 On Wednesday, we reveal the results of our #YourBusJourney survey.
Passengers have had their say on value for money, bus stops, waiting times, punctuality, the bus driver and journey times.
The survey aims to make a positive impact on bus passenger journeys.
NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.
My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re…
And some utterly damning charts.
1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.
CHART OF THE WEEK: @CentreforCities reported on the importance of #PublicTransport for connecting people to jobs, and alleviating the environmental impacts of #transport.
Public ridership in large UK cities in particular, was way below comparable cities in mainland Europe. [1/3]