As the creator of popular NYC blog I Quant NY, Ben Wellington has a knack for turning data scrapes into civic action.
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
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Using Open Data, a Scientist Is Finding New York City’s Best Stories
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data Journalism, Innovation, Journalism, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Ben Wellington, Computer Science, Data Journalism, Data stories, Data Story, fire hydraft, Food, iquantNY, New york, Observer, Occam’s razor, open data, permits, story telling, urban data science
New York City, Open Data Challenges
City agencies have access to a wealth of data and statistics reflecting every part of urban life. But as data analyst Ben Wellington suggests in this entertaining talk, sometimes they just don’t know what to do with it. He shows…
Posted in Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds Tagged with: bad data, Ben Wellington, big data, OKFN, Video
NYPD Slowdown Most Pronounced in Precinct of Eric Garner’s Death
NYPD Slowdown Most Pronounced in Precinct of Eric Garner’s Death It has been about five months since the well-publicized police slowdown in NYC, where our officers heavily scaled back police enforcement. They reportedly did so to protest a lack of support from…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Ben Wellington, iquantNY, New york, NYPD, open data, USA
Mapping the United States of NYC Parking Tickets
Mapping the United States of NYC Parking Tickets If you follow this blog, you know I can’t get enough parking ticket analysis. One of my favorite posts tracked out-of-state drivers around the city using tickets, and found, for example, that…
Posted in Posts from feeds Tagged with: Ben Wellington, iquantNY, mapping, New york, open data, Parking, tickets, USA
How to Fix NYC’s No-Cabs-At-4PM Problem
How to Fix NYC’s No-Cabs-At-4PM Problem It’s an age-old NYC problem. It’s some time after 4PM and you step out to look for a cab. You giggle as you watch a tourist repeatedly try and hail cabs with the off-duty…
Posted in Posts from feeds Tagged with: Ben Wellington, cabs, iquantNY, New york, open data, taxi, Taxis, USA
Safe Hallways, Successful Tests
Safe Hallways, Successful Tests Every year, New York City public schools conduct an in-depth survey of their parents, students and teachers. According to the Department of Education, the survey, one of the largest of any kind in the nation, “helps…
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Measles Reporting and The Dangers of Semi-Open Data
Measles Reporting and The Dangers of Semi-Open Data If you read local news, you might see headlines like: “Private schools putting NYC at risk for measles outbreak” in The New York Post, “Immune to Logic: Some New York City Private Schools…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Public safety, Transparency, Visualising data Tagged with: Ben Wellington, iquantNY, Measles, New york, open data, public health, public safety, schools, students, USA
Does Gentrification Cause a Reduction in Laundromats?
Does Gentrification Cause a Reduction in Laundromats? Browsing Twitter this evening, a tweet from the illustrious Brian Lehrer caught my eye: Help us check this theory before tomorrow’s show: is gentrification forcing laundromats out of business? https://t.co/bubx9wEu5d — Brian Lehrer Show…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Transparency, Visualising data Tagged with: Ben Wellington, Data Journalism, Gentrification, iquantNY, Launderette, Laundromat, New york, open data, USA, Washing
Life Hack: As Blizzard Hits the City, Just Park on the Left
Life Hack: As Blizzard Hits the City, Just Park on the Left The Snow is coming! The Snow is coming! If you are a driver in NYC that parks on the street, you have probably dug out your car…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Greater efficiency, Posts from feeds, Public safety Tagged with: Ben Wellington, blizzard, iquantNY, New york, PlowNYC, Snow, USA, weather
Mapping New York’s Noisiest Neighborhoods
Mapping New York’s Noisiest Neighborhoods In New York, there are two kinds of noise: the sounds of the city (car horns, loud neighbors, construction equipment, barking dogs) and the sound of New Yorkers complaining about it. In 2007, the city…