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OpenPlans 
Founder(s) Mark Gorton Founded 1999 Location New York and elsewhere[1] Area served Global Focus Sustainable transport Method Advocacy Members 50[1] Website OpenPlans OpenPlans is a non-profit technology based advocacy organization which aims to help to open up government and improve transportation systems. OpenPlans which currently has a staff of 50 people was founded by Mark Gorton in 1999[2] (the creator of LimeWire).[3]
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Funders
OpenPlans has received funding from Google, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Knight Foundation, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), SURDNA Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank and others.[4]
OpenGeo
OpenGeo is the geospatial division of OpenPlans and develops open source OpenGeo Suite which includes PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, GeoExt, and OpenLayers[5] for the publication and Geospatial analysis of geographic data.[6] The organization also supports OpenTripPlanner[7] which is an open source multi-modal trip planner[8] which is being used by TriMet in Portland, Oregon.[9]
Streetfilms
Streetfilms is a project run by OpenPlans which publishes short films advocating transportation design and public policy. About 400 videos have been produced which have been watched over 4 million times.[10] These films are normally published using a creative commons license. Their most popular videos including a piece about the Ciclovia in Bogota where streets are made into carfree facilities every Sunday. Such events now take place in many places around the world (180,000 views)[11] and on Physically Separated Bike Lanes (111,000 views).[12] In 2010 at a time when New York city was planning to implement 20mph speed limits Streetfilms produced a short video of the experience of 20 mph speed limits in the UK where 3 million people already live in 20 mph speed limit areas.[13][14]
Streetfilms was started by Clarence Eckerson[15] in 2004[16] with support from Mark Gorton.[17]
StreetsBlog
Streetsblog is a project run by OpenPlans providing a daily news source connecting people to information about sustainable transportation and livable communities. StreetsBlog started in 2006 and has 'hundreds of thousands' of regular readers.[18]
References
- ^ a b "Overview". OpenPlans. http://openplans.org/overview/. "We’re a team of 50 transit nerds, journalists, and engineers. We’re based in New York City, but we have staff and projects located in far off places (like Portland and Australia)."
- ^ "From Our Founder". OpenPlans. http://openplans.org/overview/from-our-founder/.
- ^ Joseph Plambeck (May 23, 2010). "Idea Man of LimeWire at a Crossroads". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/business/media/24limewire.html. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "About". OpenPlans. http://openplans.org/overview/.
- ^ "Spatialytics announces OpenGeo partnership". http://www.spatialytics.com/blog/spatialytics-announces-opengeo-partnership/.
- ^ "OpenGeo". OpenGeo. http://opengeo.org/.
- ^ "OpenTripPlanner". http://opentripplanner.com/.
- ^ "OpenTripPlanner". http://opentripplanner.org/. "An open source multi-modal trip planner, which runs on both Linux and Windows operating systems"
- ^ "Open Source Software Helps an Oregon Transportation Department for GIS, Website Development". Government Technology. http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Open-Source-Software-Oregon-Transportation.html. "She chose the firm OpenPlans, which specialized in TriMet’s chosen applications ... Using an open source application that’s supported by a third-party developer also gave TriMet more control over changes"
- ^ "About streetfilms". Streetfilms. http://www.streetfilms.org/about/.
- ^ "Ciclovia: Bogotá, Colombia". Streetfilms. http://www.streetfilms.org/ciclovia/.
- ^ "Physically Separated Bike Lanes". Streetfilms. http://www.streetfilms.org/physically-separated-bike-lanes/.
- ^ "No Need for Speed: 20′s Plenty for Us". 20's Plenty for us. http://www.20splentyforus.org.uk/.
- ^ "Traffic group on US video". Warrington Guardian. http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/8381172.Traffic_group_on_US_video/.
- ^ "A Night of StreetFilms w/ NYC's Clarence Eckerson". LivableStreets. http://livablestreets.info/event/streettalk/night-streetfilms-w-nycs-clarence-eckerson.
- ^ "Streetfilms". Greenpeace UK. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/groups/west-london/blog/streetfilms.
- ^ "Streetfilms shine spotlight on alternative transport". BikeRadar. http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/streetfilms-shine-spotlight-on-alternative-transport--29045/.
- ^ "About Us". StreetsBlog. http://www.streetsblog.org/about/.
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