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- Streetmix, a Code for America project that lets you mix and match the elements of street life, is now in public beta. One improvement is that the tiny people avatars are much more adorable.
- At an event last night, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said that he was kidding when he told Mayor Michael Bloomberg that his first act in office would be “tearing out” bike lanes. “There are good bike lanes and bad bike lanes,” he clarified, saying that what he doesn’t like is “policy jihadists.” Weiner also flashed his Citi Bike founding membership key.
- Orlando pairs its new SunRail system with car share and bike share.
- The Austin Statesman reminds us that we “share” every time we ride a public bus.
- Conceptual artist Nobutaka Aozaki poses as a lost tourist and collects hand-drawn maps from strangers.
- The Seattle Times’ Sharon Pian Chan editorializes in favor of liberalizing ride share regulations, saying, “this city is on fire for cars for hire,” even if it has “created a Seattle identity crisis” between the notion that taxis are a great way for new arrivals to develop economic standing and the sense that ride sharing apps are really neat.
- Vancouver’s Science World is crowdfunding AMPED, “a one-of-a-kind exhibition showcasing the science, technology, creativity and craft behind the art of music.” The institution’s vice president of development details the motivation behind the approach: “We didn’t have a budget.”
- Citing an “unfair edge” over local restaurants, Canton, Ohio bans food trucks in its central plaza.
- Meanwhile, Portsmouth, Va. held an informational session to discuss the possibility of food trucks in its midst. Said one supportive attendee, “Portsmouth is nice downtown, but we really don’t have much to offer people.”
- Thrillist finds “The 10 Coolest-looking Food Trucks in the USA.”
- And the Wall Street Journal profiles Code for America to make the case that hacking is getting a bad rap.
Nancy Scola is a Washington, DC-based journalist whose work tends to focus on the intersections of technology, politics, and public policy. Shortly after returning from Havana she started as a tech reporter at POLITICO.