with all the TNC policy issues in the news lately, wouldn't it be great if part of the city's 'compromise' with Uber and Lyft included some kind of data sharing aspect--e.g. an annual provision of anonymized trip data that would be made publicly available.
i realize this is an extremely competitive industry, so in this case the idea might be especially naive, but, in general, the city should actively identify opportunities to help open up private data related to critical public issues. transportation and household ability come immediately to mind.
i wonder if any gov. entities have taken up such an approach. not sure how such a policy would be practically implemented. obviously a city ordinance would not mandate data disclosure, but some kind of conditional fee waver or tax exemption seems feasible.
mateoclarke
commented
8 years ago
with all the TNC policy issues in the news lately, wouldn't it be great if part of the city's 'compromise' with Uber and Lyft included some kind of data sharing aspect--e.g. an annual provision of anonymized trip data that would be made publicly available.
i realize this is an extremely competitive industry, so in this case the idea might be especially naive, but, in general, the city should actively identify opportunities to help open up private data related to critical public issues. transportation and household ability come immediately to mind.
i wonder if any gov. entities have taken up such an approach. not sure how such a policy would be practically implemented. obviously a city ordinance would not mandate data disclosure, but some kind of conditional fee waver or tax exemption seems feasible.