Welcome to NYC School of Data — a community conference that demystifies the policies and practices around open data, technology, and service design. This year’s conference concludes NYC’s Open Data Week & features 30+ sessions organized by NYC’s civic technology, data, and design community! Our conversations and workshops will feed your mind and inspire you to improve your neighborhood.
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This panel will discuss the development of a multimodal urban planning simulation that will launch at the New York Hall of Science, in Queens, NY, in April 2025 as part of a new exhibition called CityWorks. The discussion will be of interest to anyone who is using open data to increase opportunities for city residents to reflect on and engage with the urban planning processes that shape their neighborhoods.
This simulation allows public audiences to use physical representations of different kinds of land use (schools, parks, and small and large commercial buildings) to make changes to three different types of NYC neighborhoods (residential, commercial and industrial), and to examine the impact of their changes on neighborhood traffic, flooding risk, and waste production. The simulation was created by a collaborative, interdisciplinary team of multimedia designers (Trivium Interactive), data scientists (Beta NYC’s Data Innovation Lab), and exhibit designers (New York Hall of Science).
After sharing the design, functionality, and goals of the simulation, the group will then discuss two key challenges: how to balance interpretability and data integrity in this simulation, and how to leverage public engagement with the simulation to create new opportunities for more equitable and inclusive participation in urban planning processes.
