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Matt Caywood | Greater Greater Washington | Jan 25th, 2012 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
While they may delight wonks aesthetically, ink-on-paper transit maps don’t convey all that they could in today’s digital age. Luckily, one University of Florida professor did a study to find out what real-time information bus riders and straphangers could use to make their commutes easier. (
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Matt Bevilacqua | Next American City | Jan 18th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
Microsoft understands that pedestrians could use resources like GPS just as much as drivers. But one feature on its otherwise promising new app for city-dwelling walkers—dubbed the “Avoid Ghetto” app by critics—raises questions about race, class and how we view troubled urban neighborhoods. (
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Next American City | Apr 6th, 2011 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
What are your favorite apps and tech tools? Tell us, and your nominee may appear in the June issue of Next American City. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jul 27th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
App building contests have proven to be a popular and inexpensive way to develop new online tools. But should each city really be trying to create their own custom applications? (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Jan 5th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York, Philadelphia |
A new website, Walkshed, ups the app ante as it maps walkability in two American cities, factoring in “barriers” like cul-de-sacs, freeways and bodies of water for the first time. (
keep reading…)
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Dec 11th, 2009 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: New York, Portland, San Francisco |
Mike Mathieu, founder of WalkScore, talks about his new site, City-Go-Round, which collects open data from transit agencies around the country—and tries to convince those that haven’t released their data (ahem, M.T.A.) to do so, for the sake of their citizens and their budgets. (
keep reading…)
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While they may delight wonks aesthetically, ink-on-paper transit maps don’t convey all that they could in today’s digital age. Luckily, one University of Florida professor did a study to find out what real-time information bus riders and straphangers could use to make their commutes easier. (keep reading…)
Microsoft understands that pedestrians could use resources like GPS just as much as drivers. But one feature on its otherwise promising new app for city-dwelling walkers—dubbed the “Avoid Ghetto” app by critics—raises questions about race, class and how we view troubled urban neighborhoods. (keep reading…)
What are your favorite apps and tech tools? Tell us, and your nominee may appear in the June issue of Next American City. (keep reading…)
App building contests have proven to be a popular and inexpensive way to develop new online tools. But should each city really be trying to create their own custom applications? (keep reading…)
A new website, Walkshed, ups the app ante as it maps walkability in two American cities, factoring in “barriers” like cul-de-sacs, freeways and bodies of water for the first time. (keep reading…)
Mike Mathieu, founder of WalkScore, talks about his new site, City-Go-Round, which collects open data from transit agencies around the country—and tries to convince those that haven’t released their data (ahem, M.T.A.) to do so, for the sake of their citizens and their budgets. (keep reading…)
