Local governments inspire app developers with contests

Cities like New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco want developers to write mobile apps that use city data. These cities have made their data public and, sometimes, hosted contests to encourage the process.

The New York State's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has jumped on this bandwagon and is offering US$15,000 in cash prizes for apps that use the MTA's databases. This data includes information about platforms, elevators, turnstiles and station agent booths within the subway system. Both NYC and the MTA use ChallengePost, a contest delivery platform used by the federal government, corporation and non-profit companies. Are there any developers out there who are going to take part?

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Source: http://mashable.com/2011/07/12/mta-app-contest/

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Cities like New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco want developers to write mobile apps that use city data. These cities have...

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mc.stever

I recall the Edmonton Alberta also had a contest last year

July 13 2011 at 3:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris O'Rourke

I'm surprised you didn't do more research, many cities have already had a couple of contests to do just this. The city of Portland, Oregon has had CivicApps contests for awhile now as well as highly attended hackathons. There are more cities where Apple developers reside besides SF ;)

July 13 2011 at 12:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply