On 11/04/2016 04:50 PM, Christina Hunt via Bikeboard wrote:
*Transportation Camp* Jonathan R., I think this is the "un-conference" you mentioned. http://transportationcamp.org/events/pgh-2016/
Exactly, Christina, thank-you.
TransportationCamp Pittsburgh is November 19 from 8am - 5pm, registration is here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transportation-camp-pittsburgh-2016-tickets-26750108294. There is a reasonable registration cost of $25.00 (regular) or $15.00 (students). CMU offers an awesome venue, I know from prior experience at other events there. I am interested in going, and Drew will already be up in Pittsburgh that day. If anyone wants to carpool up, please contact me.
This paragraph describes why interested Board members should consider attending this serendipitous event, especially since topics of this nature were just discussed at our most recent meeting, and there will be great networking possibilities:
Transportation is a major metropolitan issue, with direct impacts on economic strength, environmental sustainability, and social equity. Recent advances in technology—mobile computing, open source software, open data and APIs, and spatial analysis—present an opportunity to improve mobility more immediately and at a lower cost than has ever been possible in the past.
This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM8kP6Np8AY gives a good overview, in fact, while watching it, I discovered, yet, another FLOSS software our Tech / Map committee will want to consider: OpenTripPlanner http://www.opentripplanner.org/ by Conveyal
Mobility Labs http://mobilitylab.org/ located in Arlington, VA is the current major organizer, also, ironically, they are located in the same region where RackSpotter and other software is being used to crowdsource data.
-Jonathan