Brings together thinkers and doers in the fields of transportation & technology

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.

mid-sized cities across America to develop ideas for an integrated,first-of-its-kind smart transportation system that would use data,applications, and technology to help people and goods move more quickly,cheaply, and efficiently. The Challenge generated an overwhelming response:78 applicant cities shared the challenges they face and ideas for how totackle them.

• cities
• mass transit

• Govtech
• Smart Cities and sensors

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

This report reviews Citi Bike’s performance to-date and recommends a comprehensive contract overhaul to ensure more reliable and equitable service, with a strategic mix of performance standards, attention to equitable service, and incentives to enable Citi Bike to thrive as a key element of the transportation network – whether under Lyft or a new operator.

• mobility
• cities
• Reduced inequalities

• Civic data
• Data science for social good

Spatial Equity NYC (SE), a tool developed by MIT’s Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) in close collaboration with New York City-based nonprofit Transportation Alternatives (TA), visualizes mobility, environment, and health data.

• cities
• place-based
• Reduced inequalities

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic maps

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that it has established a permanent Customer Experience (CX) office to help deliver services that are simple to use, accessible, equitable, protective, transparent, and responsive for all DHS customers.

• Govtech
• Service delivery

A transportation operating system for orchestrating, governing, and powering modern mobility.

• streetscape
• mobility

• Govtech
• Urban planning

Pushing the Boundaries of Scientific Innovation to Create a Smarter, Sustainable, and Resilient Future for Communities

• Govtech
• Foundation initiatives
• Public Private Partnerships

Through participatory policymaking, residents propose, debate, and vote on new policies and policy changes, through online platforms and meetings.

• guides

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Policy simulators

Openly mapping for the pedestrian experience.

• place-based
• cities
• OpenStreetMap

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Mapping tools

In its latest program to support local efforts to leverage data in community change, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute (Urban) awarded a total of $1.5 million to 38 organizations across the US and its territories through the Using Local Data to Address Structural Racism grant program.

• racial equity

• Civic data
• Data science for social good

An Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast of the United States

• earthquakes
• apps

• Govtech
• Smart Cities and sensors

OpenTripPlanner (OTP) is a family of open source software projects that provide passenger information and transportation network analysis services.

• mobility

The Fellowship Program is a 6-month program supported by Code for Pakistan, the KP IT Board, and the World Bank, where a team of talented researchers, designers, community organizers, and developers collaborate to build apps, inspire citizen engagement, improve government, and show how to innovate in public services. These apps can help solve problems in a variety of public domains, such as healthcare, crime, disaster management, citizen engagement, transportation, traffic, education, etc.

• Fellowships

Urban Impact Lab excels at strategy development, research and analysis, program development, implementation, creative placemaking, and community engagement.

• Govtech vendors

After playing thousands of hours of transportation simulation games, we were left wondering what could happen if some of the traditional limits of the genre didn't exist: in map sizes, track layout complexity, or train scheduling.

• mass transit

• Games and gamification

Information sheets for people fleeing Ukraine, in English and Ukranian

• refugees
• Ukraine

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

E-scooter company

• mobility

• Hardware

A project that collected timetable data on informal transit options and formatted it for civic data standards

• mass transit
• mobility

• The People
• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech

A PLATFORM FOR CITIES TO MANAGE THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Data Science for Social Good Fellowship is a University of Chicago summer program for aspiring data scientists to work on data mining, machine learning, big data, and data science projects with social impact. Working closely with governments and nonprofits, fellows take on real-world problems in education, health, energy, public safety, transportation, economic development, international development, and more. For three months in Chicago they learn, hone, and apply their data science, AI,analytical, and coding skills, collaborate in a fast-paced atmosphere, and learn from mentors coming from industry and academia.

• The People
• Data science for social good
• Fellowships

The Transit Tech Lab is an accelerator program for startups solving public transportation challenges. Successful companies have an opportunity to pilot their technology with the MTA and transform New York City.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Lyft is offering free or discounted rides and bikes to the polls.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

As the winner of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, we’ve been offered a unique opportunity: $50 million in grant funding from the USDOT and Paul G. Allen Philanthropies to discover how we can accelerate human progress through open mobility.

• mobility

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

Heavy-duty electric vehicle manufacturer delivering clean, quiet transportation for all.

• mobility

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

The Transit Innovation Partnership is a public-private initiative launched by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Partnership for New York City with the mission to make New York the global leader in public transit.

• mass transit
• mobility

• Public Private Partnerships

The Vanguard conference is an experiential urban leadership gathering of rising urban leaders working to improve cities across sectors, including urban planning, community development, entrepreneurship, government, transportation, sustainability, design, art and media. By selection only.

• cities

• The People
• Meet the others
• Find a job or hire someone

Metro is the largest active transportation dataset on the planet.

• mobility

• The People
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

Metagenomics & Metadesign of Subways & Urban Biomes

• cities
• DNA
• mass transit

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

This is an exploratory overview of current and upcoming sources of data, processing pipelines, and data products. It is aimed at helping non-experts explore and harness the unfolding revolution of Earth observation, with an emphasis on understanding current capabilities and project development considerations.

• agriculture
• forests

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Hardware

This project seeks to facilitate the co-creation of prototypes that can advance digital transparency and enable agency in the world's public spaces.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

See how local governments are responding to tech solutions to persistent problems #InnovatingRegulation

• permits
• reports

• Procurement
• Reports
• Regulation

Creating Safer Streets Through Data Science

• cities
• mobility

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Explore multimodal transportation in Washington D.C. through rich interactive data visualizations.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

MoMobility is a fun, engaging card game designed to start constructive conversations, provoke collegial debate and inspire players to rethink our perceptions and attitudes around creating sustainable, equitable and joyful cities and transportation for all.

• mobility

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Report transportation hazards and dangerous traffic behaviors in our community

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

The Digital Connector is an open source piece of software, which allows data specialists to efficiently connect data sets into a common format.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

A dockless bike and scooter pilot in Washington DC that provides ridership information and more data to help plan a more integrated transportation system.

• cities
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Regulation

Clear Ballot is re-imagining elections with the world's most innovative and transparent voting system.

• Voting and elections
• Election administration

Real-time display of transportation options at your location

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

A single platform to design for multiple transportation modes to thrive in your city.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Axon Vibe provides smartphone app technology that enables public transport operators to deliver personalized communications based on users’ commuting behavior.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Supporting the transformation of cities towards a more sustainable mobility through data analysis and digital communication.

• mobility
• project tracking

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Data visualization