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Publishing Open Data to Reduce Vehicle Fatalities
by Michael Steinberg July 6, 2017
The Washington, D.C. Department of Transportation has begun publishing data about vehicle crashes in the city on the government's open data portal on a daily basis. The dataset includes information on where the crash occurred, the number of injuries reported, the severity of injuries, and the mode of travel involved such as cars, taxis, or bicycles. The information will assist Vision Zero, a city initiative to eliminate vehicle fatalities and serious injuries in D.C. by 2024.
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Michael Steinberg
Michael Steinberg is a Google policy fellow at the Center for Data Innovation, where he researches open data issues in government. He was previously an editorial fellow at GovLoop where he wrote content on modernizing government technologies. Prior to joining GovLoop, Michael was a research fellow at the Partnership for Public Service, a paralegal for an intellectual property law firm, and he held internships on Capitol Hill, at the National Archives, and in local government. Michael is a graduate of the University of Maryland in College Park, where he double majored in Government and Sociology. He is currently a second year Master's of Public Policy student at George Washington University specializing in technology policy.
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