Love it…

New York Times article about how more and more cities are releasing data they have been collecting for years about all kinds of stuff.  They’ve taken the cue from the federal government, where more and more data is being released on data.gov under the new administration.

I know in Boston they have released real-time bus location info on some selected bus routes (finally!) for developers. Hopefully Boston starts releasing a bunch of other relevant and cool data.

Unfortunately, it doesn't include the 71 bus...oh well

Unfortunately, it doesn't include the 71 bus...oh well

I think government can be held a lot more accountable when all the data is out there for the public to use – and maybe ordinary people can help out our city (for free) by developing useful applications and ideas that our busy public servants haven’t thought of before!

About espindle
I am generally interested in operations management, especially in the biotechnology industry. More specifically, I am interested in plant quality assurance, manufacturing, supply chain management, and leadership. My Leaders for Global Operations thesis was on process management principles for increasing the energy efficiency of manufacturing operations. Previous academic research centered on optimization, machine learning, causal inference and modeling techniques, and I am particularly interested in the application of those principles in operations management.

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