We’re at the Venice Biennale

If you’re in Venice, check us out at the Venice Biennale!

How can citizens help cities run more smoothly? What if cities could share software and data with other cities, learning from each other’s successes to conquer similar challenges?

Our work with New York City Department of Transportation is featured in Spontaneous Interventions, the USA pavilion:

For NYC’s Department of Transportation, for example, OpenPlans developed Shareabouts, a mapping tool that allowed citizens to suggest locations for the city’s new bikeshare system. It’s just one of many projects that advances their mantra, “Information is the currency of democracy.”

Display of NYC DOT’s Bike Share website in Venice

 

via Architect Magazine

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