Glasgow City Council launches data hub to provide insight on how city operates
Source: SmartCitiesWorld news team
The council said it is focusing on adding a wide range of data to the hub in future on a range of subjects including the environment, transport and movement, the economy, education, and government.
Glasgow City Council has introduced an online resource to help “open up” access to city data managed by the council and partners.
The new open data hub seeks to give a fresh perspective on how Glasgow operates as a city. The aim is for the hub to also be a place to engage with citizens and other stakeholders around particular themes supported by open data.
Digital economy
According to the council, the new hub is a place to access data, to provide tools to enable people to visualise it, and to tell stories around what the data means for the city. Its development helps to deliver on some of the underlying objectives of the Digital Glasgow strategy, which sets out the council’s priorities and commitments to developing the city’s digital economy and transforming public services through use of digital technology, data and innovation.
The council said it is focusing on adding a wide range of data to the hub in future on a range of subjects including the environment, transport and movement, the economy, education, and government.
“We want to allow people to engage with the portal to not only gain information on aspects of the city they are interested in, but to help shape decision-making”
Some of the new data made available has focused on movement across the city such as cycling and walking and also throws a spotlight on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Other data demonstrates the impact of the pandemic at a neighbourhood level. For example, recently released open data on cycling in the city centre showed a drop of 20 per cent in cyclists due to the lockdowns in spring and autumn/winter 2020, with a slow recovery of numbers in 2021.
The council said it is focusing on adding a wide range of data to the hub in future on a range of subjects including the environment, transport and…