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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Following up on last year's talk summarizing three years of work pursuing an all-way stop sign in one little corner in Brooklyn, join Josh Sucher and Roisin Ford to talk about the softer side of hard data. We'll review lessons learned from a year of working closely with and persuading neighbors, safe-street advocates and local officials whose on-the-ground work is just as important - if not more important - to the fight as open data.
Only through the support of low-tech activism have we made incremental pedestrian safety improvements in our neighborhood in the past year, including a walkabout with our local city councilwoman and Brooklyn DOT commissioner, and - yes! - at least one new traffic signal added to our boulevard.
Learn about how we've married this activism with the right open data at the right time in order to supercharge our efforts, and bring these lessons back to your own neighborhoods!
Learning about Zoning can be intimidating-- let's use open data to make it more approachable, literally! In 1916, New York City became the first city in the United States to adopt a comprehensive zoning resolution. New York City's zoning is unique because it uses a rich tapestry of zoning districts and regulations to address specific conditions in different areas.
What if we could make this tapestry visible from the street? How should it look?
The team from inCitu AR and NYC zoning expert Pablo Sepúlveda from Urban analytics platform Zlvas are collaborating to host this interactive design challenge. No prior zoning, crafting, or coding experience required! Participants will:
- Learn NYC Zoning 101 - Use craft materials to make handmade zoning envelopes - Scan and view them outside in life-sized augmented reality! - Discuss how to help more people understand zoning, and best visualize it in the era of spatial computing
