The Good Practice Exchange at the Wales Audit Office has published an interview with Gunnar...
Better Reykjavik: crowdsourcing and e-democracy
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Smarter Crowdsourcing by Beth Simone Noveck
Beth Simone Noveck writes in The Guardian about the need for more and better crowdsourcing. Her...
Papers and Presentations at TRB Annual Meeting 2017
Here’s a list of papers and presentations at the 2017 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in …
DataPlace – Mapping data for better participation
DataPlace is a fascinating idea, it allows users to place sensors on a map to collect (visualise)...
Future of Crowdsourced Reporting Apps (2016)
CityLab has a fascinating article on the future of city 311 systems: The Future of 311 Could Be...
Planetizen Best Websites 2016
Planetizen is a great source of information about all things urban planning. Their annual best of...
101 small ways to improve your city
Curbed just published a great list of small things people can do (ACT!) to improve their...
Better Block
Better Block is an organisation providing resources (e.g., How to Build a Better Block) to help...
Beat the Street Game
Beat the Street is a community game that encourages people to walk or cycle around the...
Cars in Bike Lanes – Crowdsourced Map
carsinbikelanes.nyc is a website where people can post photos of cars blocking bike lanes...
Project Sidewalk – Crowdsourced Mapping
Project Sidewalk is designed and operated by the Makeabilty Lab at the University of...
MBTA Endorses Transit App
The Boston area public transport operator MBTA held a competition during the summer to...
Traffic Agent Transport Game – Oslo
The City of Oslo Norway has developed a fantastic app that blends gamification with reporting. The...
radwende.de – Art + Bike Advocacy
radwende.de is a really neat project from Wiesbaden Germany. They use a GPS tracking app to...
Chicago Array of Things Project Sensor Data
Chicago is installing sensors throughout the city in a project called Array of Things (AoT) to...
Crowdsourcing Clean Drinking Water
Here's a great post from the Planetizen Blog Crowdsourcing Clean Drinking Water, Interview with...
Interactive App: Vehicle Speed versus Pedestrian Injuries
ProPublica has developed a very effective interactive application that shows the chance of being...
Power to the People – Excellent ideas from Tom Saunders of NESTA
Tom Saunders of NESTA has written an excellent post: Power to the people: how cities can use...