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Public Space Awards

Come and join the Open Plans community on Thursday, May 1st for a festive celebration of the people behind our city’s defining public spaces.

Brooklyn, NY
city, place-based

Street Level Surveillance

EFF’s Street-Level Surveillance project shines a light on the surveillance technologies that law enforcement agencies routinely deploy in our communities.

guides, surveillance, place-based

Humankind

Agency For Urban Change

Rotterdam, The Netherlands
city, workshops, youth, Sustainable cities and communities, place-based

SAGA Smart Machinaka Project

The SAGA Smart Machinaka Project is a demonstration project that aims to improve the convenience of the city center of Saga City through the use of technologies such as AI and IoT, and to create a city that is easy to live in.

Saga, Japan
city, Sustainable cities and communities, place-based

Sidekick

In plain language, tell Sidekick what you want to know and get answers straight from the mySidewalk data library.

Kansas City, MO
place-based

The Atlas of Urban Tech

A global atlas of case studies of tech-enabled urban districts and municipal digital masterplans.

Cornell Tech
2024
city, Sustainable cities and communities, place-based

Spatial Equity NYC

Spatial Equity NYC (SE), a tool developed by MIT’s Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) in close collaboration with New York City-based nonprofit Transportation Alternatives (TA), visualizes mobility, environment, and health data.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
city, streetscape, Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities and communities, place-based

PlanningAlerts

Find out for free what is being built and knocked down in your area and receive email alerts when something new is planned.

The OpenAustralia Foundation PO Box 147 Katoomba NSW 2780
place-based

Tow Zone Alerts

We help people avoid getting ticketed and towed when they park on the street through simple SMS alerts.

Boston, MA
2022
mobility, city, streetscape, Sustainable cities and communities, place-based