OpenPlans invites you to apply for a free Shareabouts installation! We extended the deadline for application until Sept 13th, 5pm. Below is everything you need to know. Please contact us if you have any questions, and feel free to spread the word. How to apply Fill out this short survey by September 13th, 5pm. Let us know what Read more…
Say hello to CommunityBoardTools.org - the online guide to participation tools available for NYC’s Community Boards. Community Boards are a tremendously powerful resource for NYC residents, but we’ve found Boards face common challenges in outreach, visibility, data collection & analysis, and engagement with the public. CB Tools sets out to allay these issues by communicating and sharing tools and solutions among community Read more…
Pratt Institute’s Jaime Stein, John Shapiro, and Lacey Tauber stopped by OpenBag to introduce their newest urban design programs. They are all a part of Pratt’s Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development, described as “an alliance of four programs with a shared value placed on urban sustainability — defined by the ‘triple bottom line’ of environment, equity Read more…
We want to see you at SXSW Eco and we hope that you’d like to see us. OpenPlans team members are included on two panels up for vote. If these panels and their topics tickle your fancy, please go vote ‘em up! ‘Measure It, Improve It: Data for Better Cities‘ features our own Aaron Ogle, Rob Goodspeed Read more…
PlanningPress is our web platform for engagement in urban planning projects. We’re working on it in partnership with the NYC Department of Transportation. PlanningPress powers DOT’s Transportation Feedback Portals. Each portal presents a project and helps the public to be part of the planning process. Take a look at the Jackson Heights portal. The website introduces the changes Read more…
Chelsea Mauldin presented how the work of Public Policy Lab tries to answer these kinds of questions at a recent OpenBag talk. The Public Policy Lab is a non-profit that works with policymakers and city agencies to help them innovate citizen-serving services: “We engage the public and policy makers in the design process and especially people Read more…
Can open source tools and approaches change how we do scenario planning? The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Sonoran Institute today launched a new report, Opening Access to Scenario Planning Tools. The report emerges from a series of workshops and conversations convened by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Sonoran Institute in 2010 and 2011. Read more…