Mark your calendar! Streetsblog and Streetfilms are throwing a party on November 17, and if you’ll be in New York, we’d love to see you there. City Council Member Brad Lander will be the featured speaker as we celebrate the livable streets victories of the past year and look ahead to 2012. Stay tuned for more details and ticket information. Streets of the Future: A Benefit Continue reading
Clarence Eckerson was recently at Harvard Graduate School of Design for a screening of selected Streetfilms. Check out the follow-up Q&A session, moderated by Harvard GSD Assistant Professor Michael Hooper. via Harvard GSD News
Sam Pepple worked for the last three years at National Geographic. Starting in NG Maps as an intern, Sam was soon hired to design and produce maps and graphics for the Thematic Section of the 9th Ed. Atlas of the World. After the atlas, he was hired by National Geographic magazine to make maps and Continue reading
Its been a bus-y week in the world of bus issues and here’s some stories that have kept us OpenPlans’ers chatting. AC Transit Alameda Contra Costa has opened their bus schedule, bus route, bus stop and schedule data availableto developers Check it out. This website for shop owners along the B63 – uses our tracking Continue reading
Dan Melton the Chief Technology Officer at Code for America stopped by OpenBag last week. Imagine Doctors Without Border equipped with ergonomic keyboards instead of scalpels. Its like the Peace Corps without the international airfare and the dust. Code for America connects our city and state governments with developers and programmers. Their annual crew of fellows build code and API’s for Continue reading