So we deliver what the user wants and who cares about who's actually providing the service. The Kista Portal site currently has more than 150 HTML pages, a database with more than 2000 records and nearly 2000 external links. There are about 6000 unique user sessions in the site each month. In order to simplify the implementation of new integrated information and services, a core ingredient of the portal is a database designed for easy update and dynamic Web-publication. Benefits One of the more popular features of the Kista Portal is the live cameras connected to the Web that are permanently focused on five roundabouts used by commuters to enter and leave Kista.
People can look to see when and where traffic is the heaviest and plan their route home accordingly.
Or if all the arteries are blocked, they may decide to stay on and work for another hour or so. The under-employed residents of Kista can sign up on the portal to be matched with one of the companies in the Science Park on a training program, another new cooperative initiative between the public and private sectors. We're dealing with public services and private industry. We're providing services to the under-employed resident and the working commuter, and neither of them are dependant on the council's office hours as they once were. And hopefully we're also creating a more politically and socially aware public.