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  • Dallas Transit Embraces Uber, Lyft and Other Mobility Options

    July 05, 2018 |

    Government Technology |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Dallas is expanding its public transit app. “Customers don’t care how they get around,” says Morgan Lyons, vice president of external relations at DART. “They want to get around, period.” The GoPass app will include train, bus, car, and bike options, allowing users to design a trip with multiple modes of transport through one payment platform.

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  • Sharing with strangers: 'I'm a student, this way I get free food'

    June 04, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: England, London

    An app called Olio addresses the issue of food waste in London by recruiting 1,000 "food waste heroes" to gather excess food from restaurants and redistribute them amongst the neighborhood using the Olio platform. Anyone from students to the elderly use the app, and participants say it makes them feel better connected to their community. The app is now used in 32 countries.

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  • Fighting Food Waste

    May 28, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Technology can help reduce food waste. Olio and Winnow are two examples. Olio is an app that allows people to easily exchange extra or unwanted food for free. Winnow is a smart trash can that calculates the cost of waste in commercial kitchens, inspiring chefs to be more creative to save both food and money.

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  • Why Is It So Hard to Figure Out When the Bus Is Coming?

    May 17, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, College Park, Maryland

    In order for alternatives to driving to be widely adopted, accurate information about service and arrival times needs to be accesible. To fill this need, applications providing bus routes and arrival times are being developed, in some cases aided by crowdsourced information.

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  • Instagram's Queer Appalachia brings love — and services — to those who need it most

    May 10, 2018 |

    Mashable |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    The Queer Appalachia Instagram account has created a virtual community combating the isolation and fear that are often present in the lives of queer people living in Appalachia. In a region particularly hard-hit by the opioid crisis, it has also created a network of sponsors for those in recovery through a telehealth program managed by the account.

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  • This app maker says his work saved thousands during Hurricane Harvey — and he's not done yet

    April 17, 2018 |

    The Verge |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    After Hurricane Harvey, it was hard to locate people amidst the swaths of water covering the city. Two Houstonians developed a “web-based geolocation service” that used data from social media to locate and visualize people’s location. Since then, they’ve updated their service and it’s been used for other catastrophes, helping rescue as many as 37,000 people.

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  • A High-Paying Job? Go to App Boot Camp.

    April 17, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Coding positions can provide a stable job with a middle class salary, however—due to a lack of opportunities, the cost of education, and the culture at tech companies—women and especially women of color have a difficult time obtaining these jobs. A series of initiatives are addressing this issue, providing comprehensive training, job placement, and affordable ways to pay for education.

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  • Reading, Writing, Evicted: How Austin, Texas, hopes to combat student turnover

    March 01, 2018 |

    Oregon Live |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    When families are priced out of their homes in hot housing markets because of increasing property values/rental prices, they often have to move to new educational districts, pulling children out of their schools in the middle of the year and stalling progress. In Austin, the Austin Independent School District is using a new tool, Mobility Blueprint, to help families find affordable housing within their educational district.

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  • Tracking some of the world's biggest killers, via cellphone

    December 25, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Madagascar

    A new project uses cellphones to provide users with information about mosquitos carrying deadly viruses as well as the ability to report sightings of virus carrying mosquitos. Through this reporting system, entomologists are able to more comprehensively and quickly know where work has to be done to keep people safe from disease.

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  • 7,500 Strangers Just Bought A Crumbling French Chateau Together

    December 05, 2017 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: France, Les Trois-Moutiers

    Dartagnans is a French crowdfunding platform that aims to use crowdfunding as a way to protect the “cultural heritage” of France. Most recently, a fundraiser for a historic castle succeeded in raising 500,000 euros, which will go toward restoring the heritage site that dates back to the 13th century. Though it’s not the most traditional way to restore old buildings, the platform has had several successes in this realm.

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