Let's use data to make Ottawa better
We want to hear from you.
As part of the City of Ottawa's Smart City 2.0 Strategy, Open Ottawa engages people like you, members of our community to build data solutions -- together -- to make Ottawa better. The City is using digital channels to:
- Listen to you,
- Understand your data needs,
- Learn how you are using data to solve civic issues, and
- Get your insights on the usability and inclusiveness of our website.
The City looks forward to hearing from you in the Ideas Section below. Take our quick poll on your favourite data types and check out the stories in the News Feed. All of the feedback on this site is publicly posted as our goal is to deliver open and transparent stakeholder engagement.
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Suggest a new dataset for the City to publish and share with us how you plan to use the data.
Like or comment on existing ideas to show your support and desire for these datasets.
Please note that the Ideas Tool is moderated by the platform operator (Bang The Table) and the aim of this tool is to encourage citizen comments and provide ideas related to the specific project. If you have questions on how to use Engage Ottawa or comments about any of the tools in the platform, please share any and all feedback here <https://engage.ottawa.ca/why-engage>.
View All Ideasabout 1 month ago
OC Transpo Trip Cancellations
Make all the trip cancellation data available as an open data set. Currently you need to scrape it from http://www.octranspo.com/en/alerts as it occurs to keep history. Open Data should be updated in realtime and have historical information going back years.
about 1 month ago
Provide a Spatial GIS Layer with the location of Traffic Control Elements (Traffic Lights, Yield Sign, Stop Sign)
This information could be used to create interesting analysis, like which kind of signal is the more prone to collisions?
9 days ago
OC Transpo passenger volumes by bus route
The presto system makes it possible to know considerable amounts of info about how busy various bus routes are by time of day/day of week and how that is changing from year to year. Taxpayers paid a lot of money towards creation of the presto system. OC Transpo is sitting on/hoarding that data. It's time to put some of it on this open data portal.
2 months ago
This "idea" function barely works
I want to add more info and an image, but it always fails to upload. And, since there's no other obvious forum to provide feedback... here's mine. I've tired .jpeg, .png, and the image is under 200 kb. It looksl ike it works, but then fails to upload. Once I've tried uploading the image, this form won't accept any more updates, even if I remove the image. Using Firefox browser. Hopefully you can get these sort of kinks worked out (and add a way to provide feedback about the site). I like the direction this is going!
2 months ago
Add Ward Look Up tool to Apps listed on Open Data Site
Add link/info for this app: https://app01.ottawa.ca/wardlookup/wardSearch.jsf
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Did you find what you are looking for? Do you like the layout and applications within the site? Have you experienced any trouble accessing a data set, page, or application? What suggestions do you have to improve the site?
Like or comment on existing ideas to show your support.
Please note that the Ideas Tool is moderated by the platform operator (Bang The Table) and the aim of this tool is to encourage citizen comments and provide ideas related to the specific project. If you have questions on how to use Engage Ottawa or comments about any of theContinue readingView All Ideas15 days ago
Parking near Fire Hydrants
It is very difficult to know even if you know how far to park from hydrants so people tend to park farther than they need to. Summer student marking where you put mousquito stuff in storm sewers could mark the hydrants as follows.. 1) paint an x on the pavement that shows clearly where one can't park. 2) have a box around it painted so drivers can see immediately this is not an available parking spot. .. not sure how datasets applies to this but this seems a nice initiative to add ideas!
2 months ago
Expand the breadth and powers of Open Ottawa
Expand the focus from providing datasets to fostering innovation. Putting emphasis on: - Social services development and improvement though digtalization - Increasing accountability and trust though tech - Foster tourism and growth to the internal and external public image of ottawa - Promote civic minded development, focusing on quality of life and reducing the barriers to a healthy, happy and active civic life
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These ideas could be something that you are currently working on, or have completed. Share a link to any product you have created using City of Ottawa data.
Examples: map, mobile app, visualization, story, class project, etc.
Like or comment on existing ideas to show your support.
Please note that the Ideas Tool is moderated by the platform operator (Bang The Table) and the aim of this tool is to encourage citizen comments and provide ideas related to the specific project. If you have questions on how to use Engage Ottawa or comments about any of the tools in theContinue reading
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The City of Ottawa is committed to creating an accessible organization. Creating accessible service and program delivery channels is one way we are removing barriers for people with disabilities. Tell us how we are doing. Share your ideas on how we can make Open Ottawa more inclusive.
Like or comment on existing ideas to show your support.Please note that the Ideas Tool is moderated by the platform operator (Bang The Table) and the aim of this tool is to encourage citizen comments and provide ideas related to the specific project. If you have questions on how to use Engage Continue reading
