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Analytics Reveal What Influences Sidewalk Traffic

Sidewalk traffic data can be very telling: it can show how walkable – or not – an area is, it can indicate how popular shops or neighborhoods are, and it can indicate whether the urban planning in an area is function Read more…

‘TranSEC’ Machine Learning Tool Tackles Los Angeles Traffic

Traffic management is essentially a giant optimization problem, with urban planners and traffic engineers aiming to reshape roads, traffic signals and parking to smooth traffic patterns and avoid serious congestion. Howe Read more…

Civic Group Finds Community Data in Litter

The City of Paris each June 21 marks the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice, with a city-wide celebration and bacchanal known as La Fête de la Musique (Paris Street Music Festival). All major thoroughfares are Read more…

LA Data: Cities Ponder Responsible Use of Big Data

Given its traffic, sprawl and glitz, Los Angeles has to be one of the great data-generating cities on Earth. In response, Mayor Eric Garcetti has appointed the City of Angels' first "chief data officer" tasked with overs Read more…

Charting Safe Passages Through the Urban Jungle with Big Data

When you visit a big American city for the first time, you probably wonder where it's safe to go, and what areas it would be best to avoid. Wouldn't it be great to have an app that advised you? Researchers recently demon Read more…

eScience and a Tale of Two Cities

Effective urban planning must now involve the intelligent use of data from a variety of local, regional, and national sources. Because urban data is completely heterogeneous with multiple geospatial levels that change with time, city planners’ success relies on access to and thoughtful analysis of records from the past, present, and projected... Read more…

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