City Data
summary
City releases about 130 datasets and counts about 30 apps built on them, with roughly half of the data and apps focused on transportation-heavy problems; the move cuts FOIA load (EPA saw ~93% drop) and exposes an untapped internal market for SaaS dashboards and operations tools. Cities are forming a coalition of six to seven to push a common Open Cities API standard, aiming to shift work from one-off projects to reusable platform APIs that let private developers sell services back to government.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:57Platform evangelism
- 4:55Crowdsourcing
- 7:36Health
- 9:21Financial impact
- 10:31Civic applications
- 13:14Government applications
- 14:13Targeted outreach
- 15:32Government as a platform
- 17:13Questions
