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Technology for Participatory Planning and Civic
Engagement
Nick GrossmanDirector of TOPP Labs @ The Open Planning Project
Open Cities Conference — Washington DC, 10/6/2009
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hi.
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TOPP is a civic technology dot-org
We create software, build open source communities,
and advocate for smarter, more livable cities
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How we work
•TOPP consults with the civic sector to build open source software
•We are a social enterprise — all revenues are reinvested in core product development
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Open source approach
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“Ordinary citizens have more to offer than voting or answering polls. People
can work together to gather and analyze information, and even make
decisions.”
— Beth Noveck, US Deputy CTO for Open Government
from “Government by the People” in Rebooting America
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“A growing willingness to engage with the underlying code of the democratic process could eventually manifest in a
widespread call for revisions to our legal, economic and political structures
on an unprecedented scale”
— Douglas Rushkofffrom Open Source Democracy
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I’m a pilot.
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1200 new bike racks in 2009
GOAL:
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Let citizens help plan
IDEA:
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Results
•Racks are cited and pre-vetted by citizens
•Less work for DOT to manage the process
•Citizens have clear channel for input
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But wait...
Citizens
Government
See John Geraci’s “Four Pillars of an Open Civic System”http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/06/the-four-pillars-of-an-open-ci.html
Open Government Platform
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So, what can a bike rack tell us
about participatory planning?
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1) Start small…
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… and grow from there
More meaningful & complex issues
Deeper agencypenetration
City plans
Planning studies
Services
etc...
Information
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2) Rethink your timing — iterate
Ideate
Design
Build
Review
Adjust
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3) Think “platform”
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What’s next?
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Keep in touch!
• The Open Planning Project: http://openplans.org
•Nick Grossman: [email protected] @nickgrossman on twitter
• FixCity Bike Racks: http://fixcity.org
• This presentation: http://slideshare.net/openplans