A new program prototype by Remix lets designers play SimCity at street level For planners and transportation officials, the road to transit improvements often hits speed bumps when it comes to data sharing and visualizations. A new online tool wants to solve those misunderstandings with a shared platform that makes improving the streetscape easier and more efficient.
Remix, an San Francisco-based startup that designed a route-planning tool used by hundreds of city transit agencies, is developing a new program to help cities improve and redesign their streets. In an announcement this morning, the company unveiled its latest product prototype, developed with insight from the National Association of City Transit Officials (NACTO).
According to Remix founder Tiffany Chu, a former Curbed Young Guns winner, while collaborating with various planners, the city found that within local governments, different agencies often weren?t on the same page when it came to ongoing streetscaping projects. Data was spread across different agencies, personnel, and programs, holding back coordination and collaboration.
?Cities kept telling us stories about having trouble creating a shared, manifest reality to operate in,? says Chu. ?This kind of shared picture is a huge deal. You can?t make anything new unless you have an understanding of what?s already out there.?
This new Remix tool creates a shared visualization of what?s happening in a city, block-by-block, with an inte...