Dear Datameet members,
Diego Canales from the World Resources Institute will be in India between the 6th and 14th of April. With more than 20 years of experience in open data, Diego has worked with many transit agencies across the world to help them open up their data. He champions the open data effort in WRI and looks at how disruptive models in new mobility can emerge using open transit data. You can read more about him here <http://www.wri.org/profile/diego-canales>. Diego is currently engaged with two very interesting initiatives (among other things) *Accessibility Tool: Bangalore Case Study* The accessibility tool measures the accessibility of different services from different points in the city. Diego was involved with the team at WRI Bangalore to measure the accessibility of jobs via public transport from any point in Bangalore within a given radius under a given time span. Insights from this study will inform planning agencies to make transit networks more accessible. This work is likely to scale to other cities as well. *Open Transport Partnership (OTP)* Private transit operators like cab aggregators are collecting and equipped with more travel data than the government and transit agencies. These data points can be very instrumental in understanding commuter patterns that can then inform transport planning and address issues related to congestion and emissions. Open Traffic is a platform under the OTP where aggregators can share anonymised GPS data of their fleet with government agencies and urban planners. Such an effort was led by the world bank in Manila in the Philippines. You can read more about it here <http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2016/12/19/open-traffic-data-to-revolutionize-transport> . *Diego will be visiting Delhi and Bangalore. If the community in Delhi or Bangalore is interested understanding more about these initiatives, we can arrange for an informal meet up where the community can talk about their work in the space and Diego can elaborate more on the aforementioned initiatives.* For details, please contact ojas2...@gmail.com or call at +91 9920266825. Thank you! warmly, Ojas Shetty Research Consultant - Urban Innovations Sustainable Cities WRI India WRIcitiesIndia.org Cell: +91 9920266825 | email: ojas2...@gmail.com | Blog: TheCityFix.com WRI India is an environmental group that works closely with leaders to turn big ideas into action to sustain India's natural resources - the foundation of economic opportunity and human well-being. Brazil | China | Europe | Mexico | India | Indonesia | Turkey | United States -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
