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WalkSaferNYC, an Interactive Guide to Walking Safely in the City

A NYC firm, Hecht Kleeger & Damashek recently created an interactive accident map for pedestrians and motorists who frequent New York City Streets. When visiting the WalkSaferNYC Map, viewers can view the most dangerous intersections per borough, via a heat-map. The map was created to assist with reducing accidents in the different boroughs of NYC, …

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2015 Transit GIS Conference Call for Papers Open

Submit an abstract by DEADLINE EXTENDED NEW DATE  April 20th 2015 The National Center for Transit Research, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association and the Transportation Research Board are pleased to announce the 9th National GIS in Transit Conference, September 1-3, 2015, in Washington, DC. Managing data to drive decision making has never been more important.  As …

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Upcoming T3 Webinar: Open Data Policy Guidelines for Transit – Maximizing Real Time and Schedule Data-Legalities, Evolutions, Customer Perspectives, Challenges, and Economic Opportunities – Part II

A T3 webinar on the topic “Learn from the Experts: Open Data Policy Guidelines for Transit – Maximizing Real Time and Schedule Data-Legalities, Evolutions, Customer Perspectives, Challenges, and Economic Opportunities – Part II” will be hosted by the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Professional Capacity Building Program of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U. S. DOT) …

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Census Explorer: New Interactive Map by U.S Census Bureau

U.S Census Bureau  has introduced Census Explorer a new online tool that displays demographic information on maps of states, counties, and neighborhoods. The Bureau has also  released the new commuting edition of the interactive map Census Explorer, which gives Web visitors easy click-and-zoom access to commuting statistics for every neighborhood in the U.S. It also shows how …

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Open Data for Transit Webinar

Upcoming Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinar on Open Data Guidelines for Transit    Title: Learn from the Experts: Open Data Policy Guidelines for Transit – Maximizing Real Time and Schedule Data Use and Investments Date: Thursday, December 5, 2013 Time:  1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET Cost: Free More information and to register: http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s131205_open_data.asp …

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