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10 Cities That Are Getting “Wired Transportation” Right

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 4, 2015 | No Comments

Which cities are making it easy to catch the next bus without a long wait, hail a ride with an app, or hop on bike-share? According to a new ranking from the Frontier Group and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Austin is leading the pack when it comes to embracing technological innovation that helps people get […]

NYPD Crash Data Now Easier to Use and Updated Daily

By Stephen Miller | May 7, 2014 | 8 Comments

The city went live with a major upgrade to NYPD’s crash data today. Information about traffic crashes was previously released via difficult-to-use monthly updates posted on the police department’s website. Now it’s available through a standardized feed updated daily on the city’s open data portal, allowing the public to sort crashes by time of day, […]

De Blasio Calls For Vision Zero Apps. How Much Data Will He Release?

By Stephen Miller | May 6, 2014 | 3 Comments

BigApps NYC, EDC’s four-month competition to develop mobile and web applications using city data, is set to launch tomorrow with a mission from Mayor Bill de Blasio to build tools for Vision Zero. The more data the city opens up to developers, the better these apps will be, so the question now is how far City Hall […]

NYPD: Public Too Stupid to Understand a Citywide Crash Map

By Stephen Miller | Oct 10, 2013 | 41 Comments

This morning’s City Council transportation committee hearing covered a number of bills, including one that would require NYPD to release data to the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications for a public map of crash locations and traffic fatalities, to be updated monthly. NYPD testified in opposition to the bill, claiming that it was already […]

Bus Time Went Live in Manhattan This Morning

By Stephen Miller | Oct 7, 2013 | 2 Comments

After signs went up in subway stations last week, the MTA made it official this morning: real-time bus tracking is now available for all Manhattan buses, joining Staten Island and the Bronx, with Queens and Brooklyn to come online within six months. Bus Time for Manhattan buses appeared shortly after midnight last night, adding 36 routes […]

Bus Time Set to Expand to Manhattan This Month; Queens and Brooklyn Next

By Stephen Miller | Oct 3, 2013 | 6 Comments

Nearly a year after the Bronx became the second borough to get real-time bus tracking on all its buses, the MTA’s Bus Time program is set to expand to Manhattan this month, according to signs spotted in Manhattan subway stations by Twitter user David Rose and Second Avenue Sagas. In March, the MTA announced that […]

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