Category: Stories
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Analysis of DPR for the Sarakki Flyover at the Kanakapura Road-ORR junction
The junction of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) and Kanakapura Road at Sarakki is one of the busiest junctions in Bengaluru and there have been repeated calls from commuters and the traffic police to ease the traffic. BBMP proposed a flyover at that junction to ease the traffic. A Detailed Project Report was prepared to… Continue Reading
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What Delhi’s Climate Action Plan Says About Risks for the City
The Delhi Climate Action Plan is prepared by the Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. The plan identifies the risks that the city faces due to climate change, the vulnerabilities of different socio-economic populations that reside there, and details adaptation strategies and policy frameworks to tackle these issues. Delhi is the only city/state… Continue Reading
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Analysing Two-wheeler Sales Data in Bengaluru and Karnataka
One of the common complaints in Bengaluru every time the issue of traffic is discussed is how the number of private vehicles is increasing rapidly while the public transport has not kept pace. As much as this is true, a look at the vehicle registration data, and the sales of vehicles in general, can tell… Continue Reading
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What BBMP’s Work Orders Reveal About How Money was Spent
Problem Statement How has BBMP’s spending on different categories varied across assembly constituencies in the past 5 years? Data Sources BBMP’s work orders data for each of the 198 wards from OpenCity.in was the main source of data. Each work order includes details about start and end date of the project, a description of the… Continue Reading
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Analyzing the pro-incumbency in Bengaluru
Going into the election last week, an analysis in Citizen Matters by Deep C and Srinivas Alavilli had found that 16 of the 28 MLAs in Bengaluru had been in their seat since 2008. 22 of the 28 MLAs had been in their seats for more than one term. Only six MLAs were first-timers. Most… Continue Reading
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Health vulnerability analysis from the OpenCity Datajam
On April 1st, 2023, the city of Bangalore was host to a “datajam” conducted by OpenCity.in at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore to analyse the data of Bengaluru constituencies. in the context of the upcoming Assembly elections. The event was largely attended by educated and urban civic minded people; many were part of civil… Continue Reading
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Bengaluru Constituencies Datajam – April 2023
Bengaluru Urban district currently has twenty eight assembly constituencies (ACs) in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Can public data be used to analyse, rate and rank how these 28 constituencies are doing in terms of different parameters like health, public transport, education, environment, access to water, economy or civic engagement? Can such an exercise yield outcomes… Continue Reading
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What Mumbai’s Climate Action Plan Says About Risks for the City
Mumbai’s Climate Action Plan is a document prepared by the Mumbai Metropolitan Area Development Authority (MMRDA) and published by the BruhanMumbai Corporation (BMC). The main purpose of the document is to identify the risks from climate change to the city, the vulnerabilities of the population to these risks, come up with mitigations for these risks,… Continue Reading
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What the Last Economic Census Said About Bengaluru
What is an Economic Census? The Economic Census in India is a periodic activity to count all entrepreneurial units in the country. These units could be involved in economic activities of either agricultural or non-agricultural kind, but they need to be producing, distributing or services not for their own consumption. The census provides detailed information… Continue Reading
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Where are the accident hotspots in Bengaluru?
Bengaluru records around 700 deaths each year on average. As per latest data from the Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP), 771 people were killed on Bengaluru’s roads in traffic accidents in 2022, which is more than 2 persons per day! This is slightly higher than the 768 recorded in 2019. While the Covid years of 2020… Continue Reading
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Bengaluru Traffic Datajam – Feb 2023
Can open data help solve a city’s challenges? What if the challenges are as complex as Bengaluru’s infamous traffic? Can a random cohort of people with diverse backgrounds and skills get together and come up with solutions? The Bengaluru Traffic Datajam held on the 4th of February, 2023 in the verdant campus of the Indian… Continue Reading