I am a Senior Lecturer at ARU and a researcher in the field of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. I am looking for big data in the transport and air quality domain especially parallel data in both domains from same or similar locations to understand correlations between vehicle emissions and pollution. This can help build models of predictions of emissions for future. Also to understand traffic congestions and predict traffic congestion levels for future may be helping even in suggesting traffic routing to avoid these. I understand from the website TFL monitors road traffic and air quality. It would be great to get hold of as much historic (big) data as possible to study and build robust Machine Learning models. This is for academic research and I am happy to share my insights with TFL and even find ways to establish a collaboration. Please let me know if you would be able to share this data.

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TfL Ref: FOI-2145-1920

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 17^th October 2019 asking for information about road transport and air quality.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.

Given how general and broad your request is I would advise that you review the following sections of the TfL, GLA and London Air websites, which contain a wealth of information on this subject matter:  

https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-atmospheric-emissions-inventory--laei--2016

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/travel-in-london-reports

https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/open-data-users/our-open-data

http://www.londonair.org.uk/LondonAir/Default.aspx

https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/pollution-and-air-quality

https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-average-air-quality-levels

https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/air_quality_monitoring_guidance_january_2018.pdf

In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.

If, having reviewed this material, you have any further, specific questions about specific locations, then please feel free to contact me again and we will consider the matter further.

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David Wells

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Transport for London

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