1 nomination from readers

• Public transport data in the UK is currently organised into many disparate silos and it's difficult for people to find all the information they need. LiveBus.org is an attempt to combine these data sources into a useful and intuitive interface for finding out where buses are, when they arrive, and how you can keep track of them. It's a step towards making public transport a more attractive alternative to the car, both in cities plagued by congestion, and in the more remote parts of the country.

  The site is continually being developed and plans are underway for wider coverage as well as more useful features like journey planning and better search. The goal is to provide as complete a resource as possible without sacrificing responsiveness or ease of use.

  Government needs to become more sensitive to the needs of those using public transport, and realise that simply throwing data on a website is not enough. Thought needs to go into how best to organise and display that data, and LiveBus.org is an example of some improvements we can make today.

  Nominated by James Wheare, 07 April 2007