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!Alicia Rouault + Matt Hampel @arouault @matth @golocaldata localdata.com
Collecting and Understanding Community Data to Drive Civic Decision-making Knight Digital Media Center
!"Leak the knowledge of the neighborhood into codified systems, like a backward Wikileak. Activate a citizenry."
!— Saskia Sassen, 2013
Bottom-up Smart City?
NATURAL CITIES
incomplete mutable rapid change
INTELLIGENT CITIES
top-down closed source proprietary
OPEN SOURCE URBANISM?
CIVIC TECH
knowledge transfer open data democratized
What is civic technology? !a new industry changing the way you interact with local government in the same way that earlier tech start-ups have changed what’s possible on the Internet
institutionalized innovation
government agencies
startups and private sector technology
non-profits + academia
Civic Tech Ecosystem
LocalData began as a project of Code for America, a national organization matching city government with technologists to produce lightweight technology designed to address civic challenges
Code for America
Detroit, 2012
Uncertain Future
40 Square Miles of Vacant Property
paper is fun
Targeting New Investment
Property Data Mismatch
twob
Paper.
Lengthy Data Collection
40 surveyors went out and surveyed over the course of 2 months using paper and pen
Data entry & manual transcription
Geocoding and Analysis (ArcMap)
Maps, Reports and Strategic Decision making
9 MONTH TIMELINE
Inefficiency: Residential Parcel Survey
350,000 parcels 9 months 3 questions Static data
Rapidly Changing Cities
Ubiquity of Devices :: Citizen Generated Data
Cities need more databetterlocal
To solve new problems...
faster
How can we help civic institutions make data-driven decisions? !How can we empower residents to be a part of this process?
Custom Spatial Survey Design
Create surveys in your browser, quickly !Set geospatial boundaries for your survey !unlimited data collectors !
Mobile Spatial Data Collection
Geocodes in real-time !Add data to existing datasets !Simple interface !
Visualize, Filter and Export in Real Time
Crowdsourcing vs. Flocksourcing
Do More with Less
Increase capacity of under-resourced governments and non-profits do good work efficiently
Leverage Human Experts valuable qualitative knowledge converted to quantified, visual data
Participatory Data as Civic Engagement
Connect to Citizens Increase transparency
Agency in Data
Case Studies
9,000 properties
6 weeks
Detroit, MI: Commercial Corridors
14,600 properties surveyed !
2,000+ acres !
Gary, Indiana: Rightsizing
% o
f Tot
al
Parc
els
Aetna Downt. Emers. Midt. Miller P'ski
21%35%30%
58%
39%
71%
% Surveyed - Building % Surveyed - Empty % Unsurveyed
Key Takeaways • Downtown / Emerson worst hit • Aetna and Pulaski at tipping point:
recently abandoned homes • Many homes need boarding up;
some areas more prone to fire
2,440 1,270 1,145 3,749 512 3,305
Total Parcels: 12,421 Parcels Surveyed: 7,857 (63%)
% o
f Sur
veye
d Pa
rcel
s
Aetna Downt. Emers. Midt. Miller P'ski
20%12%
25%29%
35%
17%
26%
16%
31%36%36%
27%
% Vacant / Abandoned % 'D' or 'F'
# of
Par
cels
Aetna Downt. Emers. Midt. Miller P'ski
1216
54
182739 49
6
148
696977
# Not Enclosed/Secure # with Fire Damage
Vacant/abandoned: 1,447 (30% of surveyed) …of which ‘D’ or ‘F’: 1,103 (23% of surveyed)
Real-Time Insights
Understand Cost + Inform Deconstruction Policy
z
208 streetlights !
43 bad routes
Malden, MA: Nighttime Economy
130 collectors !
3 days 25,000 datapoints !
Mexico City (MIT): Supply Chain Logistics
Southeast Michigan: Bike Infrastructure
412 bikes !
15 locations !
2 days !!
community development
asset management
logistics + supply chains
transportation infrastructure
16 Cities Globally
TOP PLANNING APP: 2014
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