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Edmonton an Open City

City of Edmonton



Open City Initiative

Stephane ContreChief Analytics OfficerCity of Edmonton

September 30, 2015



What is Open City? • ‘Open Government’

– City of Edmonton version• Umbrella program

– innovative open government work



What is Open Government? • Access to information • Reduction in secrecy• Increase in accountability for resources

and actions• Involvement of citizens in solutions



Open Government Stages

Initial

Developing

Defined

Managed

Optimizing

Note: This is a Maturity Model transposed from the Gartner Open Government Maturity Model, June 25, 2010



Open City Placement – Why?

Initial

Developing

Defined

Managed

Optimizing

Note: This is a Maturity Model transposed from the Gartner Open Government Maturity Model, June 25, 2010



Public Sector Digest's Open Cities Index 2015



What is the foundation for Open

City?



Information Management



Open City Policy



Principles

Inclusive

Innovative

Transparent

Participatory

Collaborative



Principles – Streams of Activity

3Foundational

Elements

51Open

Channels

2Open

Information

4OpenData

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Open Channels – 311 Mobile App

Collaborative

• Report potholes, damaged sidewalks, damaged trees, litter and graffiti

• Triggered by a photo - GPS in the phone lets the City know where

• Downloaded over 18,000 times



Open Information - Rainfall

• Rainfall gauges found on City soccer fields• Once 1mm of rain is collected, data is sent

from the rain gauges to theOpen Data dataset map.

• Updates every15minutes, displaying icons that will change in colorand size depending on the rainfall amount and severity.



Open Engagement – Edmonton Insight

Collaborative

• Over 3,200 members participatein 3-5 surveys a month

• Provide input whenever Citizen feedback is sought



Foundational Elements – Open Access

Collaborative

• Connect the Citizens and the City

• Partnerships with Businesses

• Open City Wi-Fi on the Light Rail Transit Platforms

• Cell Coverage in the Light Rail Transit Tunnels



And Finally – Open Data



Faces of Open City’s Open Data

DatasetsAnalytics

Open

ScienceOpen Lab



What types of Datasets are Available?

Top 7 datasets and visualizations Views YTD

Datasets related to traffic 79,397

Current Road Projects 32,709

City of Edmonton - Ward Boundaries

25,647

2015 Street Construction Projects (Map VIEW)

14,748

24 Hour Rainfall Totals Storm Severity - Map

10,856

Planning & Design 9,079

Sandboxes - Map View 5,576



Annual Hackathon



Traffic DisruptionsProvides information about what's happening on Edmonton's roads that could impact your drive.

• major road closuresdetours

• road construction• travel delays• special events



311 Heat Map• This dataset and map use the City’s 311

information to filter and display service requests on public property across the City.

• One can also see the status of service requests for analysis of neighbourhoods.



Analytics Centre of Excellence

Collaborative

An Open City Initiative whose mission it to assist the Corporation in understanding and leveraging analytics to improve business

outcomes for staff and citizens.



Business Analytics

Collaborative

*Gartner, Developing and Implementing a Business Analytics Program presentation, October 2014.

Gartner Analytics Ascendency Model *(modified)



Building an Analytics Culture

Collaborative

Support the creation of an analytical Special Interest Group, collaboration portal, communication plan and training program which will serve as a focal point for sharing analytical expertise and knowledge across the City.



ACE is working to develop a

model that will optimize turf maintenance

across the city.



ACE is working with the Edmonton Police Service to

provide insights for Neighborhood Empowerment

Teams.



Open Science



What’s Next?• Regional Community Engagement

• Identify Economic Growth Opportunities

• Continue to Engage Business & Citizens



QUESTIONS



Open Data Impact Map



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AwarenessWorkshops

CollisionSummits

Health- November 2015

Data/Analytics- February 2016

Transportation/Logistics- April 2016

Appathon- June 2016

Open Data and Analytics- October 2015

Economic Benefits of Open DataDecember 2015

Regional Open Data Collaboration & More!

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