On Monday, Mayor of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's first Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne, announced an ambitous plan to make the Big Apple a "premier digital city."
The plan outlines a path to improve Internet access, open government and citizen engagement and grow the digital industry. So what does that mean for the average New Yorker? The plan has many points, but here are few things that Bloomberg and his staff hope to accomplish:
- increase choices for broadband access and Wi-Fi in public spaces.
- create New York City apps
- establish a presence on Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare
- integrate crowdsourcing tools for emergency situations
- support technology startup infrastructure needs
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has plans to equip six underground subway stations with wireless Internet as part of a pilot study and it's possible that all 277 underground stations will one day have Wi-Fi.
According to the report, the mission is "to create a healthier civil society and stronger democracy through the use of technology that engages, serves, and connects New Yorkers."
For more details, download a PDF of the report here.
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[via Epoch Times]
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