LouDataOfficer

In a few weeks I will start a new position at @OpenMobilityFnd as its second hire, the Director of Open Source Operations! After 3.5 years working as CDO for @louisvillemayor and @Greendrv, it's hard to leave. We've done a lot and have more to do! 1/x

For #OpenDataDay2020 in Louisville, our mayor @louisvillemayor came by with words of encouragement around open data, transparency, and innovation. Thanks for 9 years! #OpenDataDay

Kansas City, MO becomes the latest city (4th or 5th in the world) to release a subset of their microstransit trips as open data. data.kcmo.org/Transportation…

Louisville's 2019 annual Open Data Report to @louisvillemayor is published on our open data site! #annualreport" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">data.louisvilleky.gov/mayor-fischers… This year's focus was on our Data Academy, data viz tools, cross city collaborations, a strategic reorganization, research partners, and public feedback.

The management of MDS (Mobility Data Specification) has been transferred from @LADOT to a consortium of cities and companies at the @OpenMobilityFnd! github.com/openmobilityfo… This includes version 0.4.0 of MDS which has a static file data extract option & a new Policy endpoint.

See the innovation work @Greendrv is doing in Louisville and what the other 80+ cities are focusing on around the world. cities-innovation-oecd.com/cities/louisvi… Dedicated innovation resources + mandate gets us ahead of our city's daily work, brings in revenue, builds tools, and changes culture.

@LouDataOfficer is running a great #PowerBI hackathon today with employees from @LMPD @LouMetroRCS @LouGovIT and several other departments. We use the insights from these dashboards to #ImproveLou4You! #Dashboards4Days

Watching @edblayney talk at the @NewUrbanism #CNU27 in Louisville, KY @SeelbachHotel about how IT planning, coordination, data, & relationships are needed for your urban planning mobility & connected city efforts w/ @altaplanning @UFPlatform @WantmanGroup. cvent.com/events/cnu-27-…

A year of hard work has paid off, moving Louisville from @WhatWorksCities Silver to Gold. 100% on Open Data, Data Governance, & Stakeholder Engagement, w/ improvement needed in the other 5 categories. How did your city rank so we can learn from each other? medium.com/what-works-cit…

Hosted #OpenDataDay for @codeforkyana today in our city’s LouieLab and talked about renter’s rights, geospatial analysis, resident privacy and open data, tree canopy and air quality, and new mobility infrastructure. Great first event w/ reps from @OPI2Lou @LouGovIT @LouPubWorks!

Thanks to transparency/good faith efforts of @BirdRide, the efforts of @developlou, & @louisvillemayor's open data policy, Louisville's published Bird Scooter origin/destination data for the first time online, aggregated by neighborhood. Use it and share! data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/bird-s…

Louisville's 2018 annual Open Data Report to @louisvillemayor is published on our open data site! #annualreport" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">data.louisvilleky.gov/mayor-fischers… This year's focus was new quality data sets, data inventory, partnerships, collaboration, and Data Governance team's internal data standards/culture/training.

The City of Louisville Annual Open Data Report for @louisvillemayor is out! PDF: data.louisvilleky.gov/sites/default/… Data site: data.louisvilleky.gov/mayor-fischers…

Excited to be working at @OPI2Lou with Metro's chiefs, department heads, management, front lines, and @louisvillemayor on data governance!