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Chi Hack Night
United States
Registrace 13. 01. 2016
Chi Hack Night is Chicago's weekly event to build, share & learn about civic tech.
We are a group of thousands of designers, academic researchers, data journalists, activists, policy wonks, web developers and curious citizens who want to make our city more just, equitable, transparent and delightful to live in through data, design and technology.
We have presentations covering open government, govtech, smart cities, data journalism, community building and modern activism.
Join us every Tuesday to hear from amazing speakers, learn from each other and work on civic projects. Everyone is welcome!
We are a group of thousands of designers, academic researchers, data journalists, activists, policy wonks, web developers and curious citizens who want to make our city more just, equitable, transparent and delightful to live in through data, design and technology.
We have presentations covering open government, govtech, smart cities, data journalism, community building and modern activism.
Join us every Tuesday to hear from amazing speakers, learn from each other and work on civic projects. Everyone is welcome!
How I accidentally started an uprising - Bike Lane Uprising
Bike Lane Uprising is making it easy to report bike lane obstructions with its mobile app. Bike Lane Uprising®️ was founded in 2017 by Christina Whitehouse after she was almost run over by a driver of a commercial truck. The incident happened in Chicago which coincidentally was named the most bike friendly city in the United States that same year.
The reality is, bicyclists are killed each year and many more are injured - even in top biking cities. With our mobile app, bicyclists are able to report bike lane obstructions into one central database from anywhere in the USA and Canada. The data has been used to directly reach out to companies who block bike lanes, has been used in court cases where bicyclists have been injured or killed, has gotten laws passed, and has pressured cities to build safe bike infrastructure.
After starting as a passion project in Chicago, Bike Lane Uprising® spread via word of mouth and is now available in all US & Canadian cities. Whitehouse was named a Chicagoan of the Year by Chicago Magazine as well as 1 of the ‘50 of the most influential people in American cycling’ by Escape Collective.
“In a city that often pits cars against cyclists, where ghost bikes punctuate the landscape, Whitehouse has galvanized a movement and created policy change. All by refusing to back down. Just ask those politicians, many of whom have joined the cause.” - HEIDI STEVENS, Chicago Magazine, CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR, Christina Whitehouse, The Bike Lane Revolutionary
The reality is, bicyclists are killed each year and many more are injured - even in top biking cities. With our mobile app, bicyclists are able to report bike lane obstructions into one central database from anywhere in the USA and Canada. The data has been used to directly reach out to companies who block bike lanes, has been used in court cases where bicyclists have been injured or killed, has gotten laws passed, and has pressured cities to build safe bike infrastructure.
After starting as a passion project in Chicago, Bike Lane Uprising® spread via word of mouth and is now available in all US & Canadian cities. Whitehouse was named a Chicagoan of the Year by Chicago Magazine as well as 1 of the ‘50 of the most influential people in American cycling’ by Escape Collective.
“In a city that often pits cars against cyclists, where ghost bikes punctuate the landscape, Whitehouse has galvanized a movement and created policy change. All by refusing to back down. Just ask those politicians, many of whom have joined the cause.” - HEIDI STEVENS, Chicago Magazine, CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR, Christina Whitehouse, The Bike Lane Revolutionary
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Chicago Missing Persons Project
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City Bureau and the Invisible Institute partnered in the reporting and development of the two-year investigation “Missing in Chicago” in 2021. City Bureau Senior Reporter Sarah Conway and Invisible Institute Data Director Trina Reynolds-Tyler collaborated using an innovative blend of data science and a machine-learning model to ultimately analyze over 1 million police records. They paired this ...
Reducing Pretrial Jailing in Illinois - Implementing the Pretrial Fairness Act
zhlédnutí 85Před 4 měsíci
Last September, Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and became the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bond. Since then the number of people incarcerated pretrial has begun to decrease across the state. The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice led the campaign to get this transformative law passed and is now working to hold the courts accountable to it. The...
Movement Journalism and the New Black Press
zhlédnutí 71Před 6 měsíci
Movement Journalism and the New Black Press
Data Visualization to Support Equitable Watershed-Scale Investments in Nature-Based Solutions
zhlédnutí 110Před 7 měsíci
Data Visualization to Support Equitable Watershed-Scale Investments in Nature-Based Solutions
Building Cook County's Digital Equity Ecosystem
zhlédnutí 74Před 8 měsíci
Building Cook County's Digital Equity Ecosystem
Investigating School Closing Promises
zhlédnutí 100Před 9 měsíci
Investigating School Closing Promises
Why are property taxes in Chicago so high? (And what can be done to lower them)
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 10 měsíci
Why are property taxes in Chicago so high? (And what can be done to lower them)
CNT: Justice40 and the methods behind the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
zhlédnutí 81Před 11 měsíci
CNT: Justice40 and the methods behind the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
Budburst: Climate change research and big data using community science
zhlédnutí 67Před rokem
Budburst: Climate change research and big data using community science
Accessibility & Microservice Architecture at The Obama Presidential Center
zhlédnutí 63Před rokem
Accessibility & Microservice Architecture at The Obama Presidential Center
Flushed with Insights: The Promising Potential of Poop-Based Testing for Public Health
zhlédnutí 107Před rokem
Flushed with Insights: The Promising Potential of Poop-Based Testing for Public Health
Democratize Journalism Everywhere - City Bureau’s Documenters Network
zhlédnutí 129Před rokem
Democratize Journalism Everywhere - City Bureau’s Documenters Network
StateScoop: How government technology news could restore faith in media
zhlédnutí 92Před rokem
StateScoop: How government technology news could restore faith in media
Administrative Informatics - Understanding the Data Needs of Public Agencies
zhlédnutí 292Před rokem
Administrative Informatics - Understanding the Data Needs of Public Agencies
Breakout Group Showcase: DecarbMyState.com
zhlédnutí 16Před rokem
Breakout Group Showcase: DecarbMyState.com
Project Rainbow: Addressing Learning Loss through a Digital Equity Lens
zhlédnutí 72Před rokem
Project Rainbow: Addressing Learning Loss through a Digital Equity Lens
Tonika Lewis Johnson, Folded Map & Inequity For Sale
zhlédnutí 243Před rokem
Tonika Lewis Johnson, Folded Map & Inequity For Sale
Residential Valuation V3: Cook County's Next Top Model
zhlédnutí 742Před rokem
Residential Valuation V3: Cook County's Next Top Model
Laurie Merrell - The #jobs Channel & Me
zhlédnutí 69Před rokem
Laurie Merrell - The #jobs Channel & Me
Michael Chladek - Chicago Media Justice
zhlédnutí 26Před rokem
Michael Chladek - Chicago Media Justice
Emily Drevets-Larson - Start Where You Are
zhlédnutí 40Před rokem
Emily Drevets-Larson - Start Where You Are
Eric Sherman - How I Chi Hacked My Life
zhlédnutí 62Před rokem
Eric Sherman - How I Chi Hacked My Life