Apps Are Not The Answer (DC Transportation Techies)

Presentation from Association for Commuter Transportation conference and DC Transportation Techies meetup.

Transcript

1. What are the problems?
3. http://marylandreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Map-with-empty-city.jpg
4. M ARC, Am trak Am trak ? ? DC Columbia Annapolis
5. What have we done with data so far?
7. “Aggregates and parses details from Lothian and Borders Police Reports, enabling the utilization and leveraging of crime statistics to create actionable turnkey logistics/transportation solutions for end-users and thereby cultivate user empowerment and maximize user travel confidence.” - Safer Route
8. “...access to the raw data means there will be as many apps as people want to build, and the public gets choices. Web apps, native iPhone apps, native Android apps, etc… the sky is the limit!” - Chris Whong, chriswhong.com
9. What has been the impact of these solutions (apps)?
10. “I keep wondering whether the city of Baltimore will make these records confidential now that they realize they are losing out on a lot of money due to this app.” - Richard Darell, BitRebels. com; regarding SpotAgent
11. 65.5% of smartphone users download zero apps per month. Half of all apps have a half-life of 90 days. comScore, “U.S. Mobile App Report.” https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Presentations-and-Whitepapers/2014/The-US-Mobile-App-Report Flurry Analytics, “Benchmarking the Half-Life and Decay of Mobile Apps.” http://flurrymobile.tumblr.com/post/115191376315/benchmarking-the-half-life-and-decay-of- mobile
12. “For one, we don’t think you can make a difference. Or to put it more accurately we don’t think you will... ...you’re going to burn out pretty f___ing quick when you realize that apps and data don’t help poor people.” - The Baltimore Chop (thebaltimorechop.com)
13. “None of the apps responded directly to a pressing civic need, which meant the city probably never would have spent the money to create them without the contest." “…unsurprisingly the contests tended to produce apps that solved the problems of a connected elite." “apps contests still haven’t produced much of lasting value for the broader public." - Anthony Townsend, Smart Cities
14. What should we do with data?
16. Red Light Camera Program Ended
18. Open data are a public trust. www.thetrainingset.com @TheTrainingSet