Could digital innovation improve the quality of our lives?

Digital technology is merely a tool, the efficacy of which is conditioned by the social, economic and political relations which govern how such tools are used, or are not used for that matter. Thus attention has to be paid to the power of local authorities vis a vis property developers for instance and central government. It is time local authorities in England stopped grovelling at the feet of Westminster and started demanding local tax raising powers, via a land value tax,for instance and the inculcation of a genuine civic minded culture. This means having local authorities which have the power to do things directly, as they did, however imperfectly, up until 1979, and an end to the mania of outsourcing. See anything written by Owen Hatherley and the municipal dreams blog.

There is a continuing increase in investment for technology in healthcare and social care (adult and children's), which is welcomed.

However, there is a distinct lack of investment in technology to support information for childcare and family services - despite childcare being mentioned 30 times in the London Economic Development Strategy. Part of the problem is that responsibility for childcare information has been devolved to local government, and both central and local government have been limited in their delivery by localgov silos and lack of dedicated funding for this. But research continues to reveal that parents don't have the tools they expect or need to find this information.

I believe that London could blaze a trail for the rest of the UK and other countries by delivering a better cross-border information system to parents and families (0-100+) which would facilitate early help, assist families to self-serve their needs, and enable parents to more easily return to work by providing better access to flexible childcare and support services.

London currently pays more than £2million each year for the multiple portals to a disconnected, closed data information system.

I would like to propose a new, connected, open data system that works for citizens, local authorities, service providers, agencies, data consumers, regulators, and central government ... and at half the cost. I am more than happy to discuss how this could work.

What do you think can be done to ensure that digital services are designed with citizens' needs and diversity at their very heart?

That problem has been solved for you https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard All you need to do is adopt it.

How do we best promote greater digital understanding?

With whom exactly? Users, members of the GLA, Policy developers? The question needs some clarification.

To make EV car ownership even more attractive, the kerbside chargers, in areas where there are no driveways should charge residents of the street on which the charger is installed with normal electricity rate as they pay at home - it is much cheaper then. There should be some technology in the charger for the resident to be able to authenticate himself as the registered resident of this street in the system and to switch to local electricity rate (NFC tag, one time passcode, authenticating with NFC built into the phone - like contactless payments).

Smart EV charging parking spaces on residential streets where there are no driveways. Lets say there are 100 parking places on a street and 20 kerbside chargers. There should be booking system for them so residents can book such a place in advance for a period of time. Each resident should be eligible to some maximum number of charging sessions, or maximum total sessions time per week. Penalty would be paid if non EV car occupies such space or when EV car stays in it outside of its booked time. Residents should be able to book them using mobile app. Residents should be able also to book EV chargers for visitors (family, friends, traders) with some weekly limit. This is much needed for EV adoption.

- Free wifi at bus stops.
- Induction charging built into the ground at bus stops to allow bus fleet to be fully electrified and reduce the terrible air pollution; same for car club parking spaces so these vehicles can be fully electric.
- Smart street lights which change brightness according to how much activity there is - could dim when there is nobody around to help reduce light pollution or increase if there was an accident etc.
- Live pollution monitoring around train stations to alert wardens to idling black cabs e.g. Harewood Avenue next to Marylebone Station where there will regularly be cabs double-parked all the way back up to Broadley Terrace, sitting with their engines running pumping out diesel fumes - there are offices, homes and a primary school next to this.

It should be possible to subscribe to sms alerts about changes/delays/cancellations on TfL and National Rail routes that one uses regularly; suggested alternatives should be provided. Advance notice would prevent wasted time and money while reducing stress.

Mobile devices that `monitor' heart failure patients at home ?? Whoever wrote this cannot have any idea about the way pulsed magnetic frequencies affect the heart ! It is shocking how much ignorance exists on `health effects' caused by digital technology and the fact that even the WHO have declared wireless `microwave' frequencies a 2B carcinogen.

Maybe the London Assembly should be looking into the many reports of peer reviewed scientific research ` before' promoting `digital' health solutions and find out if PublicHealthEngland has actually done `thorough' peer reviewed research themselves on the health implications on the biological system, particularly that of children.

They will find that the answer is `NO' ! It therefore is very important that the London Assembly has a look into the following information

http://www.iemfa.org/,www.bemri.org,http://microwavenews.com/,http://ss…,
http://wavegoodbye.info/

Please can you add contactless payment and tracking history options to the TfL Oyster app.

It would good to see more digital hub spots with chargers, screens and cool digital attractions at stations, bus stops or public gardens similar to magic roundabout in Old Street.

Each paid parking space in London should provide way to pay with either card or mobile app. Mobile app is actually faster and easier because you can extend parking without coming back to your car. This is still not the case and is quite frustrating when you don't have coins with you. RingGo, used by Lewisham is the best app I have used. Dash, used by Greenwich, is much worse in user experience. Ideally there should be one mobile app provider for whole London, currently when I go to a different borough I sometimes learn that I need to sign up with yet another mobile app provider.