FOILing NYC’s Taxi Trip Data
Update 6/16/2014: Many people have asked for this data since I published this post, and like a non -forward-thinking government, I’ve come …
Finding Your Inner Civic Hacker
He or she is in there… I promise! The technology landscape has evolved into a perfect storm open source tools and code, …
An NYC Subway Map in the Style of Washington, D.C.’s
One of my prize possessions is an authentic 1991 Washington, D.C. Metrorail subway map. 6th grade me wrote a letter to someone …
Concept for an Open Source E-hailing Platform
I remember the day Uber came to town last fall. NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service has its home in the Puck …
The Case for Microcontainerization
I think I just invented a word. There is exactly one result on Google for the term “microcontainerization”. For the last 9 …
Visualizing the MTA’s Turnstile Data
Here’s the Vimeo version. I set out several months ago to visualize the MTA’s turnstile dataset. It’s updated weekly and resides here. …
Reinvent Transit
Betamore hosted a transportation hackathon in Baltimore this weekend by the name of Reinvent Transit. Like any good displaced Baltimorean who is …
Mapping the Vote
Last Friday, the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate voted on the Transportation Infrastructure Investment act of 2013. The bill is Maryland’s …
West Side Line & Selkirk Hurdle
I’ve been studying freight mobility in Manhattan with my Captstone Team, and I recently started digging into the history of Manhattan’s only …
Visualizing the Capital Bikeshare
This animation shows over 32,000 trips on the Capital Bikeshare from October 4-8 2012. (Wednesday-Sunday) Data available here: http://www.capitalbikeshare.com/trip-history-data. Blue dots are …