Stephen Goldsmith
Host at Data-Smart City Pod
Director of @DataSmartCities at @Harvard @Kennedy_School and network of Chief Data Officers. Host of the #DataSmartCityPod. Urban innovation & civic data.
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1 month ago |
govtech.com | Stephen Goldsmith
As cities confront a falloff in revenues compounded by competition from a wide range of new uses for curb and sidewalk space, the time has come to appropriately price parking and other uses at the curb for what they are worth. Competition for this space is dynamic as drivers, deliveries, scooters, bikes and ride-share services jostle to use the same slivers of urban real estate. Yet many cities still approach the curb as one-dimensionally as Oklahoma City did with the first parking meter in 1935.
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Feb 3, 2025 |
govtech.com | Stephen Goldsmith
Municipal officials buying technology face privacy and security challenges compounded by the fact that GenAI derives its power from access to data located across agencies and sectors. Further aggravating this complexity is the asymmetry of expertise between the companies developing AI and the municipalities acquiring their products. Pooling resources will help cities move forward with more confidence and speed.
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Nov 1, 2024 |
govtech.com | Stephen Goldsmith
The fundamental importance of the tax system, its tentacles in so many agencies and its effect on every resident, makes it particularly ripe for total technological reform. Over the last several years, digitization allowed several cities to take steps forward in terms of customer service. The next set of reforms will be bolder thanks to new technologies that streamline processes through integration around place.
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Sep 3, 2024 |
govtech.com | Stephen Goldsmith
Rental companies and auto insurers already use telematics to provide incentives for safe driving habits based on information from in-vehicle monitoring devices that gather data from onboard GPS and diagnostics systems. Telematics that improve vehicle operation include information on speed, braking patterns, seatbelt use and acceleration.
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Aug 12, 2024 |
governing.com | Stephen Goldsmith |Jabari Simama
Evictions are a window into America’s rental housing crisis: In 2022, more than half of all renters spent over a third of their income on housing, and millions of tenants who miss rent payments are evicted each year. When renters are kicked out of their homes, the consequences can be disastrous. Families might lose their possessions when they are piled on the sidewalk, or can’t afford the fee to get them out of storage.
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My latest piece on #mobility #parking and #curbmanagement, touching on the ideas of the late #DonaldShoup and looking at the potential of technology to "right size" costs and usage. https://t.co/90mclTA4oz
Happy to share that my full conversation with Cleveland Mayor @JustinMBibb is available as an episode of the #DataSmartCityPod : https://t.co/q5s4i1IIqq We spoke at the African American Mayors Assoc. conference about what a mayor can do for #cleanair and #publichealth. https://t.co/nvZj90NYMv
I had the privilege of catching up with @ojwise on today's episode of the #DataSmartCityPod. https://t.co/IHfKU9wc4C I highly recommend this episode to our state and city leaders, or anyone interested in where the movement is going, as #AI and #GenAI enter the #opendata convo. https://t.co/NkvQiWa4gY
