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Kadley Gosselin | Jul 27th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast, West Coast | Cities: Boston, San Francisco |
A study conducted by Latitude asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one full week. The results point to many opportunities for mobile information to reduce dependence on driving by improving the experience of taking more sustainable transit.
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Feb 10th, 2011 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago |
Oklahoma opens its data, Gainsville goes walkable and Asian megacities rise. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Jan 26th, 2011 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
With a comprehensive relaunched site, the Sunshine Review can tell you how your city and county do when it comes to sharing data and information. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Dec 8th, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Given that elected officials and bureaucrats face lots of incentives to keep a lid on information, there’s a lot of work to be done in the political arena if we are to keep open government from being an oxymoron. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Nov 15th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Washington, D.C. |
Online tools hold enormous potential to help citizens get involved in their communities. Yet without an informed citizenry and a strong culture of civic engagement, its likely that even the most sophisticated uses of online technology won’t succeed in increasing public participation. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Nov 3rd, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
The rise of Web 2.0 technologies, increasing Internet use, and the growing number of people with disabilities means that web accessibility is more important than ever. Open data and development practices can help increase accessibility. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Oct 1st, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
As people grow accustomed to sharing personal information online via social networking services, an opportunity might exist for cities to gather data about citizens to help improve planning and public service delivery (with their permission of course). (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Sep 27th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
Cities and local governments are more apt to publish their data when its collected in a way that makes it easy to share. Some free and simple tools make it easier than ever to collect data using mobile phones—helping community planners and open data advocates alike. (
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Christian Madera | Sep 16th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: South | Cities: Detroit, New Orleans |
In Issue 28, Open Cities columnist Christian Madera interviews three experts about how New Orleans and Detroit are using open data to shift to Gov 2.0. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Sep 8th, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
When cities develop technology solutions independently, the result is huge redundancies and millions wasted. A newly launched initiative, Civic Commons, will help coordinate these efforts. (
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A study conducted by Latitude asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one full week. The results point to many opportunities for mobile information to reduce dependence on driving by improving the experience of taking more sustainable transit. (keep reading…)
Oklahoma opens its data, Gainsville goes walkable and Asian megacities rise. (keep reading…)
With a comprehensive relaunched site, the Sunshine Review can tell you how your city and county do when it comes to sharing data and information. (keep reading…)
Given that elected officials and bureaucrats face lots of incentives to keep a lid on information, there’s a lot of work to be done in the political arena if we are to keep open government from being an oxymoron. (keep reading…)
Online tools hold enormous potential to help citizens get involved in their communities. Yet without an informed citizenry and a strong culture of civic engagement, its likely that even the most sophisticated uses of online technology won’t succeed in increasing public participation. (keep reading…)
The rise of Web 2.0 technologies, increasing Internet use, and the growing number of people with disabilities means that web accessibility is more important than ever. Open data and development practices can help increase accessibility. (keep reading…)
As people grow accustomed to sharing personal information online via social networking services, an opportunity might exist for cities to gather data about citizens to help improve planning and public service delivery (with their permission of course). (keep reading…)
Cities and local governments are more apt to publish their data when its collected in a way that makes it easy to share. Some free and simple tools make it easier than ever to collect data using mobile phones—helping community planners and open data advocates alike. (keep reading…)
In Issue 28, Open Cities columnist Christian Madera interviews three experts about how New Orleans and Detroit are using open data to shift to Gov 2.0. (keep reading…)
When cities develop technology solutions independently, the result is huge redundancies and millions wasted. A newly launched initiative, Civic Commons, will help coordinate these efforts. (keep reading…)
