Updates tagged: transport
How much Birmingham Council spends on emergency repairs to roads: '04-'09
- Paul
- November 09, 2009
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The investigation into How much Birmingham City Council spends each year on compensating drivers of cars damaged by potholes/speed bumps has unearthed more information. Sarah has now also received figures on "how much the council spends on emergency repairs to roads, as opposed to planned upgrades/maintenance."Her update gives the following figures by financial year – 2004/05 to 2008/09 2004/05 £9,349,000 2005/06 £9,474,000 2006/07 £8,482,000 2007/08 £9,404,000 2008/09 £12,461,000
How safe is Birmingham for cyclists? Data for 2006-2009
- Paul
- November 06, 2009
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Dan Davies is investigating how safe Birmingham is for cyclists - and he already has some figures. The data, which comes from a Freedom of Information request by Dan, is available here, but as he says in the investigation: "this isn’t the full story." He has started an investigation, he explains, "to perform a more accurate analysis of the risk by finding out firstly how many drivers there are on the road compared to cyclists...
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Good Hope Hospital spends £100,000 per month on car parks
- Paul
- August 27, 2009
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The investigation into car parking charges at Good Hope Hospital has changed approach after a Freedom of Information request revealed that the hospital spent £1.2m in 2008/09 on car parking.The response, from Heart of England NHS Trust, suggested that the hospital was making a consistent loss of £140-280,000 every year despite income from parking charges increasing by 20% for each of the years where data was provided.The investigation is now looking for a volunteer to...
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Birmingham City Council received over £160,000 in payments for vehicle removals 2008-09
- Paul
- August 25, 2009
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A Freedom of Information request to Birmingham City Council has revealed the council received over £160,000 in payments related to vehicle removals between April 2008 and March this year.However, it is not clear how much the council spent on the practice, and therefore how much of (or if) this is a revenue stream. The request asks for details of the council's contract with the vehicle removal contractor which may shed some light on this.The request...
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Completed: Why is a new bus company allowed on an existing route with same number, but higher prices?
- Paul
- July 31, 2009
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Donato's investigation "Why is a new bus company allowed on an existing route with same number, but higher prices?" was one of the first investigations to be completed. The answer? Because of deregulation. As Dave Harte explained with this link: Buses are deregulated. Have been for a long time: “Any bus operator can run whatever commercial services it wants to as long as it gives 56 days notice of an introduction of a new service,...
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