― Attachment links are at the end of this email ― ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[email protected]> Date: Apr 28, 2014 11:06 AM Subject: REMINDER: Only 2 Days Left for the Data Innovation Challenge... To: <[email protected]> Cc:
*Only two more days to go to submit your challenge tools…* Do you have what it takes to create innovative tools to address our nation’s transportation challenges or revolutionize the way Americans see and understand the transportation system they use every day? Your challenge is to create a tool to address systemic challenges by accessing publicly-available federal and/or local DOT datasets. What Are We Looking For? By *April 30, 2014*, we want your: Ø Web-based tools Ø Data visualizations Ø Mobile apps Ø Innovative uses of technology that access publicly available datasets *What Are The Categories?* Ø *Safety*: address safety concerns and challenges Ø *Transportation Access*: show how transportation connects people to jobs, school, housing, and community resources Ø *Traffic Management and Congestion*: understand and reduce traffic and congestion How Can You Win? A panel selected by DOT will judge the competition based on: Ø *Technical and operational feasibility * o Could we make it happen o What risks or challenges would we have? o How could we overcome those? Ø *Potential for widespread adoption * o Would your data innovation go viral? o What would it take to get a lot of people using it? Ø *Innovation * o Does your tool present a novel idea or approach? Ø *Social benefit * o How would this idea benefit transportation users or society at large? o Would it improve safety, mobility, reliability, accessibility and/or the environment? What's The Prize? Ø The winner or winners will be invited to US DOT headquarters to take part in a special ceremony with Secretary Foxx and other senior officials. What Else Should I Know? Ø Read the official rules<http://www.transportation.gov/mission/challenges/datachallenge-rules> Ø Check out the Federal Register announcement<http://www.transportation.gov/mission/challenges/datachallenge-fedreg> Ø Reminder: *Deadline is 5:00 p.m. ET on April 30, 2014* ADDITIONAL DATASETS Ø U.S. DOT Datasets <http://www.dot.gov/data> Ø Other Federal Datasets <http://www.data.gov/> Ø Datasets for States <http://states.data.gov/> Ø Datasets for Counties <http://counties.data.gov/> Ø Datasets for Cities <http://cities.data.gov/> Ø National Bridge Inventory<http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=%22national+bridge+inventory%22&sort=none&ext_location=&ext_bbox=&ext_prev_extent=-139.21874999999997%2C8.754794702435618%2C-61.87499999999999%2C61.77312286453146> Ø Fatality Analysis Reporting System<http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=%22fatality+analysis%22&sort=score+desc%2C+name+asc&ext_location=&ext_bbox=&ext_prev_extent=-139.21874999999997%2C2.4601811810210052%2C-61.87499999999999%2C58.63121664342478> Ø Highway Performance Monitoring System<http://catalog.data.gov/dataset/highway-performance-monitoring-system_0f69fbdc8ff642fcb4c02e89c2132afd> Ø Railroad accident/incident data<http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=fra-dot-gov&ext_prev_extent=-139.21874999999997%2C-8.05922962720018%2C-61.87499999999999%2C52.696361078274485&q=railroad+accident&ext_location=&sort=score+desc%2C+name+asc&_organization_limit=0&ext_bbox=> MORE INFO: http://www.transportation.gov/datachallenge [image: cid:[email protected]] Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire now contains the following file http://groups.dowire.org/r/file/qJTgL6QiS1FL7yICr6jo7Fcr6fX-KLI-2sFPEUj Name: image001.png Tags: "attachment" Type: image/png Size: 175KB You can view all the file that have been added to Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire at http://groups.dowire.org/s/?g=newswire&t=0&p=0&f=1 ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/Bt90OezL3Te3NrhQ06ioY For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
