FixMyStreet.com

Not to be confused with FixMyStreet.
FixMyStreet
Type of site
Street-fault reporting website
OwnermySociety
Created byUser-generated/Public Authority generated
URLfixmystreet.com
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedFebruary 2007[1]
Current statusActive

FixMyStreet[2] is a map based website and app by mySociety that helps people in the United Kingdom inform their local authority of problems needing their attention, such as potholes, broken streetlamps, etc. It is the UK instance of FixMyStreet.

Reports are also published on the site.[3][4][5][6]

While most local councils have their own reporting systems, FixMyStreet solves the fact that the reporter may not know which authority is responsible for a specific type of problem in a specific location.[7] By use of the MapIt software, FixMyStreet matches users’ postcodes and the category of their problem to the correct local authority.[8]

  1. ^ FAQ, FixMyStreet
  2. ^ "FixMyStreet".
  3. ^ Social sites develop a social conscience, Victor Keegan, Guardian, January 2008
  4. ^ Politicians are using the internet to harness your bright ideas[dead link], September 2008
  5. ^ Residents turn to web in lane fight, Western Mail, February 2008
  6. ^ FixMyStreet now covers Northern Ireland, July 2012
  7. ^ "FixMyStreet - MAI". 28 August 2014.
  8. ^ "How FixMyStreet assigns reports to bodies - FixMyStreet Platform - mySociety".