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CivicPulse

CivicPulse is an AI-powered civic-reporting prototype that lets San Francisco residents report local issues in plain language, by text, photo, or voice, and auto-routes each report based on location.

San Francisco

Tayr

Tayr (طير) is a Moroccan civic platform, by the Digital Citizen Association, that lets residents report visual pollution (unsightly signage, billboards, urban blight) in their cities and track its resolution; currently piloting in Smara.

https://4philly.netActiveOpen-source

4PHILLY

4PHILLY is a free, open-source, independent tenant tool that lets Philadelphia renters check any address against the City's public records, open code violations, rental-license status, and 311 complaints, before signing a lease or when fighting a landlord.

Philadelphia

311SA

The Better Futures Institute, in collaboration with San Antonio's 311 department, empowers the city's 1.5 million residents via the 311SA mobile app.

San Antonio, TX

“Seeing” Neighborhoods through “Big” Data

Modern administrative data—from 311 and 911 calls to building permit applications to Tweets—offer a detailed view of events and conditions across the city.

Boston, MA
city, census, Sustainable cities and communities

Custodianship in the Urban Commons

BARI has worked closely with the Mayor’s Office of New urban Mechanics and the 311 system examine how Bostonians contribute to the maintenance of the public spaces and infrastructure of neighborhoods—that is, custodianship in the urban commons.

Boston, MA
public space

Tenants Map

TenantsMap shows residential buildings with rent-regulated units throughout Manhattan and their volume of housing safety-related 311 service requests, which is updated daily.

New York City
housing
http://www.open311.org/ActiveOpen-source

Open 311

A collaborative model and open standard for civic issue tracking

2009

Bonayo

Bonayo is free user-supported software that helps San Francisco citizens see every 311 call in the City.

San Francisco