Civic Hacking: Professional Development that Benefits Your Neighbors

Your City, Your Data

Some terms

• open data • civic hacking • open source

…A slight gap

I’m a PDF!

Governments are

bad at technology

maybe they shouldn’t be good?

Government as a

platform

publish data and expose APIs

STOP WAITING

FOR PERMISSION

…a story

http://phillycode.org/12-2703/

bit.ly/parking_permits

Currently available: !

• Garages.

Layers to include: • Street parking • Residential Permit Districts • Surface Lots (metered) • Garages

!

Future: • Valet Permit Zones • Handicapped Spots

parkadelphia.org

workshop of

the world

if we don't take charge of modernizing our city, we'll be left behind

civic hacking

Lauren Ancona / @laurenancona Chris Alfano / @themightychris