OpenPlans is a nonprofit that informs and engages communities through civic journalism and open source software to make cities work better. It focuses on civic engagement, livable cities, open technologies, and community building. OpenPlans produces civic journalism through websites like Streetsblog and Streetfilms. It also works on open government strategies and technologies such as OpenMuni and helps cities open up their data. Additionally, OpenPlans develops open source software like OpenTripPlanner and GeoNode and contributes to projects like OneBusAway.

1. openplans.org

2. Making Cities Work Better
OpenPlans informs and engages communities through
journalism and open source software.
Journalism covering Open Govt / Open Cities Open Source
urban policy applications & strategy Software Development
Since 1999

3. Our Clients & Partners

4. Core Interests
• Civic Engagement
• Livable Cities & Sustainable Transportation
• Open Source Software & Open Technologies
• Community Building (real-world and virtual)

5. Open Approach = Leverage

6. Open Approach = Leverage

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Online Civic Journalism

8. Civic Journalism: Streetsblog

9. Civic Journalism: Streetfilms

10. Civic Journalism: GothamSchools

11. Civic Journalism: Impacts
“Streetfilms’ Ciclovia video was critical in our efforts to
engage city leaders to start our own Sunday Streets
program. Showing the video to our Mayor was the next
best thing to flying him to Bogota to witness the joys of
Ciclovia firsthand. The success of San Francisco’s Sunday
Streets owes a great debt to Streetfilms’ pioneering work.”
— Leah Shahum
Executive Director,
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

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Open Government
Strategy & Technology

13. Open Government: OpenMuni

14. Open Government: NYC Transit Data

15. Open Government: NYC Transit Data

16. Open Government: NYC Transit Data

17. Open Government: NYC Transit Data
“Your consistent support and advice
throughout the process of opening up has
been invaluable”
-- Sarah Kaufman
Open Data / Developer Program Lead
Metropolitan Transportation Authority

18. Open Government: Open311

19. Open Government: Open311

20. Open Government: Open311

21. Open Government: Open311

22. Open Government: Participatory Planning
NEW PROJECT:
Transportation Feedback Portals
+
6 Pilot Projects in 2010-2011
Transparency - Participation - Data - Community Building

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Open Source Software
Development

24. Open Source: The OpenGeo Suite

25. Open Source: GeoNode
THE WORLD BANK

26. Open Source: OpenTripPlanner
OpenTripPlanner
World’s Largest Open
Source Transit Project
In just six months, we have received bug reports
and code contributions from Spain, Poland,
Hungary, Uruguay, and the Netherlands, as well
as half a dozen states in the US.

27. Open Source: OneBusAway (real-time bus tracking)
NEW PROJECT:
NYC Real-Time Bus Tracking
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One Pilot Line in 2010
Using existing open source software for 80% of the solution

28. Open Source: OpenBlock
NEW PROJECT:
OpenBlock
A.K.A. “EveryBlock Open Source”
openblockproject.org

29. Thanks!
OpenPlans: http://openplans.org
Nick Grossman: nick@openplans.org
@nickgrossman