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Where's My Bus? - Web 2.0 Strategies for Leveraging (Transportation and Other) Public Data
Where's My Bus? - Web 2.0 Strategies for Leveraging (Transportation and Other) Public Data

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  • Date: 3/24/10
  • Location: Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
  • Time: 6–8pm
  • Audience: Tech, marketing and government community
  • Description: "Government 2.0" in Massachusetts: A MITX Event, Open Data Initiative Creates Opportunities for Digital Entrepreneurs. Have you ever found yourself waiting in the bitter cold at the end of a long day, wondering "where's my bus?" Did you wish there was a way to know how far away the bus was so you could go into a near-by coffee shop to warm up, but worry you were going to somehow miss the bus? Worry no longer. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is working with web developers throughout the state to develop mobile applications that relay transit data in real-time on your mobile devices and through in-store LED screens. This work is an ideal example of the state's Open Data Initiative, a statewide program to release masses of valuable public data to the citizens of the Commonwealth for development of mobile and Web applications.

    That may sound boring, but there's a significant opportunity for entrepreneurs to transform spreadsheets about bus and T schedules, public safety figures, health data, and air quality information into useful applications. Join MITX & representatives from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to understand what interesting applications have been developed using this data, and more importantly, how you can use the information for developing your own mobile or Web application.
  • Panelists:
    • Brad Blake - Director, New Media & Online Strategy, Office of the Governor
    • Chris Dempsey - Assistant Secretary, Mass Department of Transportation
    • Anne Margulies - CIO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
    • Josh Robin - Performance Reporting Manager, Massachusetts Department of Transportation
    • Jason Snyder - CTO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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