TOPP is a technology-driven social enterprise. Our projects leverage the Web to create a more open, engaged society.
Founder’s Message
I founded The Open Planning Project in 1999, intent on using my skills in technology and business to give back to the world. Nearly a decade later, TOPP has a talented staff of 55 and more than a dozen successful projects.
Technology can be a powerful tool for helping people work together, sharing best practices and enabling communities. TOPP builds software, new media outlets, and other tools that bring democracy closer to its potential. Read more…
Areas of Expertise
Our History
More than 125,000 people read Streetsblog each month. Organizations around the world use GeoServer. Streetfilms videos have been watched more than two million times. How did we get here?
Jobs
If you ooze talent and care about bikes, schools, and open source, we should talk. We're nearly always hiring. Visit our current openings.
What People are Saying
Lime’s companies are slices of Gorton’s views of the digital future—one in which the right software will smooth almost any human interaction, from trading stocks to swapping songs, from recording a patient’s medical diagnosis to placing speed bumps on city streets–Bloomberg
Streetfilms' Ciclovia video was critical in our efforts to engage city leaders to start our own Sunday Streets program. Showing the video to our Mayor was the next best thing to flying him to Bogota to witness the joys of Ciclovia firsthand. The success of San Francisco's Sunday Streets owes a great debt to Streetfilms' pioneering work.-Leah Shahum Executive Director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Streetsblog helps the conversation become focused on ‘How can we fix this?’ instead of ‘Is this really a problem?’–Kay SarlinSpokeswoman for the NYC Department of Transportation