See: https://medium.com/sidewalk-talk/a-first-step-toward-creating-a-digital-planning-laboratory-is-populating-it-beeb87d485f1
From: Sidewalk Labs Weekly <newslet...@sidewalklabs.com> Date: Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:04 AM Subject: Introducing an open-source planning tool from our Model Lab To: cl...@e-democracy.org The Sidewalk Weekly: what we're thinking, doing, and reading about the future of cities. View this email in your browser <http://mailchi.mp/sidewalklabs/issue59?e=53339db671> <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=1fa9f51fac&e=53339db671> 26 May 2017 Urban planners must confront complicated trade-offs in which some members of a community win and others lose. Right now those decisions are based on imperfect information, typically relying on Census data that offers glimpses into a population, but never a complete picture. To help address this challenge, Sidewalk's Model Lab is releasing Doppelgänger — an open-source modeling tool that enables planners to create a set of virtual households that accurately reflects real neighborhoods, cities, regions, or states, along any dimension relevant to the problem at hand. Modeling Lead David Ory dives into the technical details in an introductory blog post (Sidewalk Talk <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=39d0501ef3&e=53339db671>). The bigger picture takeaway is that Doppelgänger is a first step toward building the types of robust simulation tools that can help planners better understand the impact their decisions will have on real communities. - Related: A key to democratizing urban solutions is building better models (Sidewalk Talk <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=b3b85e971b&e=53339db671> ) (Image: Sidewalk Labs) What we're thinking *Freight escape:* Trucks create an enormous amount of city traffic. So a few years ago, New York piloted a solution that blended great policy with new technology: unattended off-hour deliveries. The program encouraged night deliveries to reduce daytime congestion and used tools like virtual delivery cages to overcome after-hours staffing challenges. The city wants to expand the program — a move other cities should follow (Cities Today <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=ea3441a1b0&e=53339db671> ). - Study: Switching to off-peak delivery times reduced city congestion (Science Daily <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=c665b0af3c&e=53339db671> ) - All the Ways Retail's Decline Could Hurt American Towns (Atlantic <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=62932ce4c4&e=53339db671> ) - From the archives: New York's Hugely Successful Late-Night Delivery Truck Program Is Heading to D.C. (CityLab <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=d3f9b7b80d&e=53339db671> ) *Slight flight:* Lots of buzz this week about the prospect of America's urban revival slowing down (NYT <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=391a8c9285&e=53339db671>). That perception misses the forest for the trees: big cities continue to grow (if at a slowing pace) after decades of decline. It also creates an unhealthy binary between urban or suburban living. The country will always have both to meet the varying needs of individual families. The greater question is whether high-demand cities can find a way to supply housing at an affordable price to everyone hoping that urban life can provide them brighter opportunities (Bloomberg <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=13896bc946&e=53339db671>). More trending links: - Cities growing more slowly than suburbs for the first time in six years (WaPo <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=33f7da3771&e=53339db671> ) - More debate on city revival (City Observatory <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=c10bc9dcf7&e=53339db671> ) - Why Millennials Are (Partly) to Blame for the Housing Shortage (WSJ - $ <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=4a60b3ea64&e=53339db671> ) What we're doing *What's up, doc:* Sidewalk's Care Lab is pleased to announce its new Chief Health Officer: Toyin Ajayi, MD, MPhil (LinkedIn <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=9e29769d71&e=53339db671>). Dr. Ajayi is a practicing family physician who most recently served as Chief Medical Officer of Commonwealth Care Alliance, a world-renowned integrated health plan and delivery system for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, where she oversaw all clinical services. Dr. Ajayi is a nationally recognized leader in efforts to design, implement, and evaluate innovative clinical interventions to improve the quality, patient-centeredness, and cost of health care delivery in populations with complex and multi-morbid needs. More health reads: - Dr. Ajayi recently published a joint op-ed with Head of Care Lab Iyah Romm and Maria C. Raven of the UCSF School of Medicine: Evaluating Complex Care Programs — Is It a Zero-Sum Game? (New England Journal of Medicine <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=81d417c74e&e=53339db671> ) - Why I Left the Hospital System for Telemedicine (Tech Review <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=620c4786ab&e=53339db671> ) - Bloomberg to fund public health projects in 40 cities worldwide ( Guardian <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=d996365a2d&e=53339db671> ) - Accelerating Adoption And Diffusion Of Innovations In Care Delivery (Health Affairs Blog <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=200defe6d9&e=53339db671> ) What we're reading *Maker places:* Can the Heartland Remake Itself in the Image of Silicon Valley? (Wired <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=a304998365&e=53339db671>). Maker Cities are remaking America for the future (US News <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=c403712414&e=53339db671>). U.S. Startups Fail to Attract Crowd of Small Investors (Bloomberg <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=04736fca75&e=53339db671>). How my AI research put my dad out of a job (Snips <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=ee075d20dd&e=53339db671>). A case for guaranteed basic income (TED <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=eb060c6acb&e=53339db671>). Want A Basic Income? Apply To Be In This Documentary (FastCo <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=b640aa0209&e=53339db671> ). *Place makers:* New Moretti study: housing restrictions have limited the growth of the US economy 50% since 1964 (Berkeley <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=2631982459&e=53339db671>). Transit Hubs: A Growing Lure for Developers (NYT <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=c3a7e7df24&e=53339db671>). The Place Maker: Meet Sacramento's scrappiest developer (Sactown magazine <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=7894a02b85&e=53339db671>). Why Crystal City Matters (Washingtonian <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=59f9ea6757&e=53339db671>). The Many Weird Visions Of Vancouver That Never Came To Be (Scout <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=e212c34ac5&e=53339db671> ). *Like buses but for Uber:* UberPool is asking riders to walk farther to catch a ride (The Verge <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=063f5cee14&e=53339db671>). That sounds an awful lot like fixed-route transit (Jarrett Walker <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=3534c1f38f&e=53339db671>). A new urban safety scheme: closing areas to traffic (Guardian <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=a1cd903fff&e=53339db671>). How cities are misinterpreting street safety data (SSTI <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=f4b28a5b3c&e=53339db671>). What Self-Driving Cars See (NYT <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=71b9647636&e=53339db671>). The long, winding road for driverless cars (Economist <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=d77b971cc8&e=53339db671> ). *Carbon data:* A Curious Plan to Save the Environment With the Blockchain ( Wired <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=8c98620fcf&e=53339db671>). Envisioning a city that produces more energy than it uses (Citiscope <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=e62dd866ac&e=53339db671>). Electric car sales up 91% in California (LA Times <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=951f298c27&e=53339db671>). Study: Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise (Scientific Reports <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=fd50cc3890&e=53339db671>). Study: Traffic Air Pollution Directly Damages DNA In Children (Clean Technica <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=3ba71d5d75&e=53339db671> ). *Data based:* Residents are sharing personal data to make their cities better (New Scientist <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=6e95137dea&e=53339db671>). Zuckerberg-Backed Data Trove Exposes the Injustices of Criminal Justice ( Wired <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=4572e525f9&e=53339db671>). Steve Ballmer's government data project is a hit (Bloomberg <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=d418ff49c9&e=53339db671>). FloodzoneData.us shows who lives in U.S. floodplains (NYU Furman <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=3563f728e1&e=53339db671>). No, Google’s Not a Bird: Bringing the Internet to Rural India (NYT <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=a65dcd3bfb&e=53339db671> ). *So Long:* Mossberg's farewell column: The disappearing computer (Recode <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=584435463e&e=53339db671> ) *List:* 5 Ways Planners Get Charrettes Wrong (Next City <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=56c472c1a4&e=53339db671> ) *"With Pittsburgh, we learned we need to present the city’s needs upfront."* — Linda Bailey, NACTO (NYT <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=07b68d0825&e=53339db671> ) <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=2dcd3cfe42&e=53339db671> <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=9d54aa6e79&e=53339db671> <http://sidewalklabs.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad7705a9c71977b2579cd5cc3&id=6b2b982e9c&e=53339db671> *Copyright © 2017 Sidewalk Labs, All rights reserved.* The Sidewalk Weekly Newsletter is written by Sidewalk Labs Editorial Director Eric Jaffe. *Our mailing address is:* newslet...@sidewalklabs.com ### ―― View topic http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/2HQ7PEBnSrQ4cRpFSRW1rW Leave group mailto:newswire@groups.dowire.org?subject=Unsubscribe
