In a previous post I wrote about Unlock Philadelphia; a web app we started developing at a transit hackathon to map accessibility in Philadelphia. Well, thanks to the app, and a few tweets about an abandoned elevator at 8th and Market Station, accessibility and civic hacking made the news this week. NBC10 reporter Vince Lattanzio noticed […]
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In my previous post I talked about an app I worked on at a Hackathon that visualizes the accessibility of Philadelphia stations and services around them. After seeing how much open transit data is out there and being inspired by other open data mapping apps, including those by Chris Whong (in particular the Baltimore City Charm […]
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Apps For Philly Transit is an annual Hackathon that “aims to bring together transportation organizations and citizens of Philadelphia to rapidly conceive, design, and prototype uses of open data relating to transportation in Philly”. I pitched an idea called Unlock Philadelphia: an application to help people with disabilities, parents with strollers and older people to […]
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Open Data Nottingham has released traffic accident data covering incidents in Nottinghamshire for the last four years. For reported accidents, persons are listed (anonymously) if they suffer slight, severe or fatal injuries. Drivers are identified, along with age/gender, but only if they are injured. The quality and format of the data is good. Nottingham City’s website already […]
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