# Creating "Smarter" Cities with Open Data & Open Source Software \[Brigade Congress 2019\]

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**Created:** [October 20, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/creating-smarter-cities-with-open-data-open-source-software-brigade-congress-2019/653 "2019-10-20T14:21:19Z")\
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This is a placeholder for notes and discussion about the Brigade Congress 2019 session:

Session: _Creating “Smarter” Cities with Open Data & Open Source Software_  
Presented by: _Mackenzie King (Code for Columbus)_

Notes Document:

> **[\[Notes\] Creating "Smarter" Cities with Open Data & Open Source Software – Brigade Congress 2019](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fL1FhVkJqMp9feCoTUKWWdcZZgU-g9P5TynA20K8jPA/edit#)**
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> Creating "Smarter" Cities with Open Data & Open Source Software by Mackenzie King (Code for Columbus) – Brigade Congress 2019 Session Notes

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BetaNYC mobility / open street map / bike and sidewalk mapathon resources:

Check out project reports here:

> **[🗺 🚦 🚸 🚲 ♿️ — Mobility for All Abilities Hackathon on National Day of Civic...](https://beta.nyc/2019/10/09/mobility-for-all-abilities-hackathon/)**
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> For this year’s National Day of Civic Hacking, 127 New Yorkers came together for the City’s first Mobility for All Abilities hackathon co-hosted by BetaNYC and MakerSpace NYC. Our goal was to bridg…

Specifically:

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## **[Mapping NYC’s Sidewalks and Crosswalks](https://beta.nyc/2019/10/09/mobility-for-all-abilities-hackathon/#sidewalkmap)**
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## **[Bicycle Mapathon](https://beta.nyc/2019/10/09/mobility-for-all-abilities-hackathon/#bikemapathon)**

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Here is the Code for Philly brigade project I mentioned, which maps and tracks elevator outages for transit accessibility: [http://www.unlockphilly.com/](http://www.unlockphilly.com/)

A history of the project is available on Code for Philly’s website: [https://codeforphilly.org/projects/Unlock\_Philadelphia](https://codeforphilly.org/projects/Unlock_Philadelphia)

Source code is of course available on GitHub:

> **[UnlockedLab/unlockphilly](https://github.com/UnlockedLab/unlockphilly)**
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> Elevating accessibility on and around mass transit - UnlockedLab/unlockphilly

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