Open Source and Public Space February 3, 2009
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Building on the Low and Smith reading from this week, Wired has an interesting article on Mark Gorton‘s idea to bring the open source movement to urban planning (and thus public space). Gorton is one of the founders of Limewire, the unstable and ever-annoying P2P network, but he is also the single largest supporter of Transportation Alternatives, the New York-based transit advocacy organization. TA is a great organization, largely responsible for the increased presence of protected and/or highly visible bike lanes in the city, among other initiatives.
Gorton started The Open Planning Project (TOPP) in 1999 as an exploratory project to see how open source tools could improve public services, especially in the area of transportation. They have some interesting projects worth checking out, including Grand Army Plaza.
This is an interview with Gorton from Streetfilms.org, a great site dedicated to chronicling novel planning solutions.
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