snow safety

Development of the Snow Plow Map

Development of the Snow Plow Map

The creation of the mapping software took the form of three parts: Planning, Development, and Deployment. Planning was a 3.5 month process, while Development took 2.5 months, and deployment is ongoing. The following post details the first iteration of the program.

Tracking Snow Plows

Tracking Snow Plows

The City of Syracuse is one of the snowiest cities on record within the United States. Given this fact, it was deemed important that the residents of Syracuse should be able to see when their streets were plowed. During snow storms, the City of Syracuse sees an increased number of calls from residents telling us a street was not plowed or inquiring when their street was last plowed. By having a tool like the snow plow map we can be more transparent and open about our operations…

Snow Safety Summit: Next Steps

Snow Safety Summit: Next Steps

Last week, we hosted to Snow Safety Summit to get public feedback and ideas about these issues, with our biggest focus on clearing sidewalks. We structured this event differently than past meetings. It was “open house” style and consisted of several different stations where people could weigh in on different winter related topics. Approximately 150 people attended the Summit, and we were able to collect valuable feedback that we have already sorted through. You can review the ideas, suggestions, and comments that we received on our open data portal, DataCuse.

Here are the biggest takeaways from the Summit...

Plowing Through the Data Hackathon

Plowing Through the Data Hackathon

Today, we are excited to release some of the snowplow data as part of the “Plowing Through the Data” hackathon, put on in partnership with the Syracuse University School of Information Studies and AT&T. We did a similar hackathon last year, and look forward to seeing what ideas and projects people come up with.

You're Invited! Snow Safety Summit

You're Invited! Snow Safety Summit

As many of you saw in the news a couple of weeks ago, the City of Syracuse is hosting a Snow Safety Summit on February 15th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Dr. Weeks Elementary School! The i-team will be helping to facilitate the event, and we’d love for you to join us!