[Open-data-census] Mode-share in Open Data Census?

Mon Jul 22 16:45:36 BST 2013

Here it is: https://github.com/okfn/opendatacensus/issues/98

On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Mati Kalwill <matias.kalwill at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey Christian
>
> Cool, thanks for considering it. I'm taking a good look at the site and
> repository now to come up with an example of how it could be included. Will
> produce the report ticket in a day or two. Thoughts and suggestions more
> than welcome :)
>
> Best,
>
> MK
>
> On Friday, July 19, 2013, Christian Villum wrote:
>
>> Hi Mati,
>>
>> Welcome to the list and thank you for this thoughtful suggestion - very
>> relevant indeed.
>> Could you perhaps issue a ticket on Github in the Open Data Census
>> repository <https://github.com/okfn/opendatacensus>? Thereby your
>> suggestion gets automatically looped into the development discussions
>> around the site.
>>
>> Also, it would be great to hear more opinions from other list members on
>> this idea.
>>
>> -Christian
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Mati Kalwill <matias.kalwill at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> Fist things first, short intro: My name is Matías Kalwill, I'm from
>>> Buenos Aires, and work in urban mobility initiatives very connected to the
>>> open data, open innovation movements. I'm also a member of the recently
>>> launched OKNF group in Argentina.
>>>
>>> I read about the Open Data Census in the Open Transport Data mailing
>>> list, and would like to know if you've considered including Modal Share
>>> data as a key data set.
>>>
>>> Modal Share <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_share#cite_note-1> is
>>> the percentage of travelers using a particular type of transportation or
>>> number of trips using said type. As some of you might know, this is
>>> often the single most important data asset for decision making in urban
>>> mobility: it informs us how people are moving in a city, and contributes to
>>> improving the design of people-centered mobility services and
>>> infraestructure.
>>>
>>> This data set is at the center of the debate of how we want to move in
>>> our cities in the future, and including it in the Open Data Census would be
>>> a big step forwards in making the data more available, transparent and
>>> engaging everywhere.
>>>
>>> Let me know your thoughts, would be happy to contribute on the
>>> consideration of the data set for this or future census.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Matías Kalwill
>>> @matikalwill
>>>
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