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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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
2/ Check out the resources for mayors for shared at the conference: https://t.co/pEdReyigkg And many thanks to our Community Data Health Initiative partners @EnvDefenseFund @MeharryMedical and @OurMayors as well as Stacie Fujii, Maria Harris, Kate Joyce Murphy, and Nisha Kumar.
1/ Today is the first day of Air Quality Awareness Week #AQAW2025. At the recent @OurMayors conference, I had the privilege of interviewing Mayor @JustinMBibb bout how - and why - he's addressing air pollution in Cleveland. https://t.co/JrATYXqEUc
1/ Today is the first day of Air Quality Awareness Week #AQAW2025. At the recent @OurMayors conference, I had the privilege of interviewing Mayor @JustinMBibb bout how - and why - he's addressing air pollution in Cleveland. https://t.co/JrATYXqEUc
