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May 3, 2012
Social Media Utilized By Planning & Transit Authorities to Monitor Public Sentiment

It seems that cities known for their successful public transportation programs have done a bit of listening to residents to make improvements, plan, and respond to citizen needs. In a city like Chicago where each day thousands of people rely on the Chicago Transit Authority to get to their destination, a good transit experience seems to make or break their day. And how do we know this? Search for the Twitter hashtag #cta and you’ll discover a multitude of statements from the Chicagoland populace.

It seems that cities known for their successful public transportation programs have done a bit of listening to residents to make improvements, plan, and respond to citizen needs. In a city like Chicago where each day thousands of people rely on the Chicago Transit Authority to get to their destination, a good transit experience seems to make or break their day. And how do we know this? Search for the Twitter hashtag #cta and you’ll discover a multitude of statements from the Chicagoland populace.

September 8, 2011
Reset San Francisco and the Universal Internet Access Petition

Reset San Francisco is an online news source and both online and offline community that strives to bring San Franciscans together around important city issues. With the opening line, “If you could Reset San Francisco, where would you start?” the site frames San Franciscans’ thinking around ways that the city can be improved. Whether it is MUNI’s almost periodic meltdowns or the Board of Supervisors’ push to disintegrate successful social programs such as Care Not Cash, Reset San Francisco wants to know what citizens care about.

Reset San Francisco is an online news source and both online and offline community that strives to bring San Franciscans together around important city issues. With the opening line, “If you could Reset San Francisco, where would you start?” the site frames San Franciscans’ thinking around ways that the city can be improved. Whether it is MUNI’s almost periodic meltdowns or the Board of Supervisors’ push to disintegrate successful social programs such as Care Not Cash, Reset San Francisco wants to know what citizens care about.

September 7, 2011
Never Ride The Bus The Same Way Again

What if there was a tool for developing local public transport improvement plans that helped  explain complicated, traffic concepts to the everyday common citizen who actually is most likely to use public transportation?  BusMeister was created with this in mind and is now available in beta.

What if there was a tool for developing local public transport improvement plans that helped  explain complicated, traffic concepts to the everyday common citizen who actually is most likely to use public transportation? BusMeister was created with this in mind and is now available in beta.