Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Data

Bay Area’s New “Vital Signs” Website Tracks Transportation Stats

By Melanie Curry | Feb 6, 2015 | No Comments

Data lovers can now nerd out on a new website that collects Bay Area transportation data and puts it into customizable maps and charts to play with. Vital Signs is part of an effort by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to make its performance measures and data more accessible to the public. It also lays the […]

San Francisco’s Downtown Commute Patterns, Animated

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 11, 2013 | 2 Comments

Note: Use the top left drop-down menu to select “Bay Area” and get a view of San Francisco. A new interactive map provides a glimpse into how San Francisco workers and residents commute — where they go, which modes of transport they use, and how much money they make. The map, created by UC Berkeley planning […]

This Pavement Condition Index Map of San Francisco is Amazing!

By Matthew Roth | Aug 20, 2010 | 11 Comments

Click image to enlarge SF’s Pavement Condition Index map. Go to their website to use the fully interactive map feature. The incredible design and data teams at SimpleGeo and Stamen, known among other things for Polymaps and Cabspotting, recently teamed up to tackle a data set only the wonkiest of us could love: San Francisco’s […]

Walk Score Goes Multimodal With the Addition of Transit Score

By Noah Kazis | Aug 18, 2010 | No Comments

Like much of Manhattan, Streetsblog HQ nets a "Rider’s Paradise" rating from Transit Score. One of the simplest and best tools for promoting walkable development has branched out into the full range of car-free transportation. Walk Score, the website which measures how many neighborhood amenities are within walking distance of a given location, has added […]

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A Case for Open Data in Transit

By Elizabeth Press | Jul 30, 2010 | No Comments

Ever find yourself waiting for the next bus, not knowing when it will arrive? Think it would be great if you could check a subway countdown clock from the sidewalk? Or get arrival times on your phone? Giving transit riders better information can make ridng the bus or the train more convenient and appealing. And […]

San Francisco and Washington DC Announce Adoption of Open311 Platform

By Matthew Roth | May 6, 2010 | No Comments

A typical request on SeeClickFix, which will now be routed to San Francisco’s 311 center and automatically added to the customer relationship management (CRM) system. The trend of local governments embracing data transparency and opening their vast sets of information to the public takes a huge leap forward today with the announcement that San Francisco […]

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