Liz Barry from Public Laboratory PLOTS stopped by OpenBag on August 11 to keep us in the know of what the Public Laboratory is up to these days. And by up, we mean up – as balloon mapping and photo-documentation takes up alot of their time. Using inexpensive DIY techniques, the Public Laboratory seeks to change Read more…
We’re proud to announce our collaboration with the Alliance for Biking and Walking and the Street Plans Collaborative to power the Open Streets Projects’ website. We love Open Streets as much as we love our project partners. The Open Streets Movement encourages citizens to see their streets as true public spaces and promotes biking and walking in the Read more…
OpenPlans Transportation’s website has arrived.. All of your favorite OpenPlans Transportation projects live there: the MTA’s CIS pilot project (aka MTA BusTime for the B63), the Tri-Met System Map and SoundTransit’s Trip Planner. Learn about the open-source platforms we’re developing such as our Trip Planner, our interactive CIS map system and real time CIS communication system. Read more…
As summer winds down, student interns are wrapping up projects and getting ready to head back to class. To celebrate the spirit of summer research, OpenPlans hosted an informal forum for interns to present — and be non-competitively judged. After each presentation, the crowd voted with signs – including Thorough, Funny, Brilliant, Interesting, Beautiful, Engaging, Original, Read more…
Erin Barnes and Brandon Whitney stopped by OpenBag on August 3 to introduce OpenPlans to ioby.org. ioby is a platform to connect environmentally-conscious small scale urban projects to donations and support. Short for “in our backyard”, ioby is a way for local community project organizers to bring these projects to life, by reaching out to find volunteers, garner support Read more…
OpenPlans Transportation’s David Emory, Project Lead of OpenTripPlanner, was invited to the White House as part of the administration’s ”Champions of Change” series. Leaders and innovators of their respective fields are invited to speak and share their projects and ideals that will continue America’s out-innovating, out-educating and out-building the rest of the world. David shares his story here: How Open Read more…
OpenRTMS – Opensource Real Time Mobile Sensor platform – was designed by Michael Doherty, growing out of an interest in compiling and analyzing environmental data. The project began as his graduate research and development at New York University’s ITP program. OpenRTMS collects data from sensors hooked to individual’s Android smart-phone to collect one of a variety of data points Read more…