How Citizen Speed Monitoring Can Help

DIY Speed Monitoring: A Hacknight with Matt Bauman
In November 2015 we told you about Pitt graduate student, Matt Bauman, who created a way to use cell phone video and open source software to track the speeds of cars. Like many of us, Matt was frustrated persistently terrible conditions for bicyclists on the Fifth/Forbes corridor in Oakland.

To follow up, Traffic21 in partnership with BikePGH will host a Hacknight on March 22nd. The event will explore further opportunities for Bauman’s work and how to develop it into a tool for advocacy that can inform decision-makers. After presentations the attendees will split into two groups – 1. Those who want their fingers on the keyboards to discuss coding and 2. Those who are less technical and want to talk bout user interface. CMU faculty researchers will also attend.

Speed Monitoring Hacknight
Tuesday, March 22
6-9pm at the Studio for Creative Inquiry on CMU’s campus
(First floor of the College of Fine Arts Building, room 111)
RSVP to attend

Take action for a safe Fifth/Forbes. There is an urgent need for safe spaces to bike in Oakland – the Fifth/Forbes corridor is deadly for cyclists. We need YOU to join our coalition to take action and help us transform the corridor.