Once again we discover stories in large datasets, in this case, the new public bike system implemented by the City of Buenos Aires since 2010 has produced and now opened a dataset that lets us know the citizens behaviour, the evolution of user´s demand and if this service is valuable, well dimensioned, and useful for… Seguir leyendo Free public bikes are used 4 times more on weekdays that weekends
S.O.S Riachuelo – a never ending story of pollution in the river with 8 million people affected
>> Please, first take a look at the the special published in spanish. << The explanation and Behind the scenes. In the Spanish colonial era, sheep and mule meat salting factories were built along the Riachuelo river´s banks, along with tanneries that processed cow leather. Dumping waste into the river became a common practice that… Seguir leyendo S.O.S Riachuelo – a never ending story of pollution in the river with 8 million people affected
Monitoring electricity in a country facing severe energy crisis
Background Argentina faces an energy crisis, a result of the politics played in the last 10 or 12 years; the Government kept frozen prices for users, but those prices were subsidized by the State. On this regard, distribution companies did not make the necessary investments to replace obsolete facilities or accompany urban changes: family residence… Seguir leyendo Monitoring electricity in a country facing severe energy crisis
Letters to the Presidents
How this project began At La Nación Data we are always aware of those areas of government which produce public interest information and, however, are not well known. If we look at the flow chart of the Government Administration, we found that there was an area named Dirección de Documentación Presidencial (Presidential Document Department). We… Seguir leyendo Letters to the Presidents