Ben Wellington: How we found the worst place to park in New York City -- using big data
Ben Velington (Ben Wellington): Kako smo pronašli najgore mesto za parkiranje u Njujorku - koristeći velike podatke
Ben Wellington blends his love of statistics, the city, and comedy in his entertaining analysis of the story of New York City, told through data. Full bio
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the infrastructure of New York City.
infrastrukturu Njujorka.
of our infrastructure.
released in reports by city agencies.
u izveštajima gradskih agencija.
of Transportation will probably tell you
će vam verovatno reći
pohvaliće se koliko pruge postoji.
of subway track there are.
13,500 taxis here in New York City.
13 500 taksija u Njujorku.
where these numbers came from?
someone at the city agency
neko iz gradske agencije
that somebody might want want to know.
da je ovo broj koji neko želi da zna.
that our citizens want to know.
will have numbers like this.
ovakve brojke.
all of our questions?
kako oni znaju sva naša pitanja?
an infinite number of questions
neograničen broj pitanja
and I think our policymakers realize that,
i zakonodavci shvataju to
signed into law what he called
potpisao zakon koji on zove
open data legislation in the country.
zakonodavnim aktom o podacima u zemlji.
the city has released 1,000 datasets
grad je objavio 1000 skupova datoteka
i pogledati ovakav podatak
the number of cabs,
When is rush hour exactly?
Kada je tačno najveća gužva?
these cabs aren't just numbers,
ovi taksiji nisu samo brojke,
driving around in our city streets
koji voze našim ulicama
and I looked at that data,
i ja sam pregledao te spise,
taxis in New York City throughout the day.
taksista tokom dana u Njujorku.
to around 5:18 in the morning,
do oko 5:18 ujutru
things turn around,
stvari menjaju
until about 8:35 in the morning,
do oko 8:35 ujutru
11 and a half miles per hour.
miles per hour on our city streets,
po gradskim ulicama.
there's no rush hour in New York City.
saobraćajnog špica u Njujorku.
for a couple of reasons.
iz više razloga.
this might be pretty interesting to know.
važno je da ovo znate.
4:45 in the morning and you're all set.
alarm na 4:45 ujutru i na konju ste.
just available, it turns out.
nisu bili prosto dostupni.
a Freedom of Information Law Request,
Zahtev za zakon o slobodi informacija,
Taxi and Limousine Commission website.
Komisije za taksije i limuzine.
you need to go get this form,
potrebno vam je ovo.
did exactly that.
down to our office,
we'll copy the data and you take it back."
i prebacićemo vam te podatke."
who wants to make the data public,
koja je htela da ih objavi
and that's where this graph came from.
i eto odakle je ovaj grafikon.
These GPS recorders -- really cool.
Ovi GPS prijemnici - stvarno sjajno.
walking around with hard drives
to make it public --
bi ih objavili -
you could get to it,
možete do njih doći,
walking around with hard drives.
da šetaju okolo sa hard diskovima.
is behind a FOIL Request.
FOIL inicijativom.
dangerous intersections in New York City
njujorških raskrsnica
the East side of Manhattan,
has more cyclist accidents.
biciklističke nesreće češće.
coming off the bridges there.
koji prelaze mostove tamo.
There's Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.
to je Ruzveltova avenija u Kvinsu.
we need for Vision Zero.
potrebna za Nultu viziju.
behind this data as well.
and paste data out of a PDF
nešto iz PDF-a
than knew the logo. I like that.
prepoznaje logo. To mi se sviđa.
that you just saw was actually on a PDF.
smešteni u PDF-u.
and hundreds of pages of PDF
stranica u PDF-u
you would either have to copy and paste
ili morate da kopirate i lepite
I'm going to write a program.
On je napisao program.
and it would download PDFs.
kako bi preuzeo PDF datoteke.
if it found a PDF, it would download it
našao PDF fajl i preuzeo ga.
some PDF-scraping program,
koji otvara PDF
and then people could make maps like that.
da bi ljudi mogli praviti ovakve mape.
the fact that we have access to it --
i da im možemo pristupiti -
is a row in this table.
u ovoj tabeli.
have access to that is great,
write PDF scrapers.
da programiraju čitače.
of our citizens' time,
the de Blasio administration
administracija De Blazija
a few months ago,
actually have access to it,
i dalje zaglavljena u PDF-u.
still entombed in PDF.
is still only available in PDF.
su i dalje u tom formatu.
our own city budget.
right now in PDF form.
samo u PDF formatu.
that can't analyze it --
ne mogu analizirati,
who vote for the budget
glasali za njega,
the budget that they are voting for.
analizirati budžet koji treba da donesu.
a little better than that as well.
nešto bolje od toga.
skriveni u PDF-u.
that's not hidden in PDFs.
in New York City.
njujorških kanala.
of fecal coliform,
fekalnog koliforma
in each of our waterways.
u svakom našem kanalu.
the dirtier the water,
the small circles are cleaner.
prljava voda, dok su mali čistiji.
by the city over the last five years.
in general, dirtier.
uglavnom prljaviji.
And I learned a few things from this.
nekoliko stvari.
that ends in "creek" or "canal."
se naziva potokom ili kanalom.
the dirtiest waterway in New York City,
najprljaviji njujorški kanal
the Coney Island you swim in, luckily.
srećom Koni Ajlend u kom plivate.
of samples taken over the last five years
uzetih tokom pet godina
to swim in the water.
ilegalno plivati u toj vodi.
that you're going to see
the front page on nyc.gov.
do tih podataka je sjajna.
to that data is awesome.
on the open data portal.
u javnoj bazi podataka.
a year or a few months.
godina ili par meseci.
of Environmental Protection's website.
Odseka za zaštitu okoline.
sheet, and each Excel sheet is different.
a svaka Eksel tabela je drugačija.
prenosite, reorganizujete.
you copy, paste, reorganize.
and that's great, but once again,
ali još jednom,
as a city, we can normalize things.
mi možemo normalizovati stvari.
there's this website that Socrata makes
koji je Sokrata napravila
that don't suffer
and that's great.
poput CSV-a, PDF-a ili Eksela.
be it CSV or PDF or Excel document.
you can download the data that way.
preuzeti podatke na taj način.
codes their addresses differently.
kodira svoje adrese.
intersection street,
building address.
even when we have this portal,
čak i kada imate ovaj portal,
normalizing our address fields.
of our citizens' time.
vremena građana.
we can get more maps like this.
in New York City,
nadzemnih hidranata,
hydrants in terms of parking tickets.
što se tiče plaćanja kazni za parking.
and I really like this map.
i zaista je volim.
on the Upper East Side.
you park, you will get a hydrant ticket.
vi parkirali, dobićete kartu za hidrante.
grossing hydrants in all of New York City,
najprofitnija njujorška hidranta,
55,000 dollars a year in parking tickets.
naplatom parkinga.
to me when I noticed it,
kada sam to primetio,
what you had is a hydrant
i ispalo je da postoji hidrant
a curb extension,
space to walk on,
and the hydrant --
a hidrant -
meni je ok",
painted there beautifully for them.
obeleženo mesto za parkiranje.
disagreed with this designation
sa tim ne bi složila
who found a parking ticket.
koji je pronašao kaznu za parking.
Street View car driving by
on I Quant NY, and the DOT responded,
I Quant NY, i Odeljenje za saobraćaj
nikakve zvanične žalbe za ovu lokaciju,
any complaints about this location,
and make any appropriate alterations."
i napraviti neophodne izmene."
typical government response,
tipičan odgovor vlasti,
something incredible happened.
desilo se nešto neverovatno.
budućnost otvorenih podataka,
the future of open data,
ticketed, and it was confusing,
naplaćivale kazne i bilo je zbunjujuće,
they told the city, and within a few weeks
to rekao gradu i za nekoliko nedelja
otvorene podatke kao vrstu čuvara.
see open data as being a watchdog.
to be better partners for government,
da budu bolji partneri vladi
being FOILed over and over again,
od vas zahtevaju podatke,
a sign that it should be made public.
releasing a PDF,
koja postavlja PDF dokument,
to post it with the underlying data,
da ga postavite sa pratećim podacima
is coming from somewhere.
coming from somewhere,
neke standarde o otvorenim podacima.
some open data standards.
here in New York City.
normalizing our addresses.
naše adrese.
što se tiče otvorenih podataka.
a leader in open data,
što se tiče otvorenih podataka
and set an open data standard,
i odredimo standard za otvorene podatke,
and maybe the federal government,
a možda i savezna vlada.
where you could write one program
gde biste mogli da napišete program
We're actually quite close.
Zapravo smo veoma blizu.
empowering with this?
and it's not just Chris Whong.
going on in New York City right now,
koji se sada dešavaju u Njujorku,
attending these meetups.
ove sastanke.
and on weekends,
i tokom vikenda
to look at open data
da bi videli velike podatke
released something called citygram.nyc
prošle nedelje objavila citygram.nyc
na servis za žalbe
to 311 complaints
or around your office.
you get local complaints.
dobijete lokalne žalbe.
that are after these things.
koja je uključena ovde.
kojima predajem na Pretu.
the students I teach at Pratt.
set of backgrounds.
and the ability of our citizens
i mogućnosti naših građana
and make our city even better,
i načine naš grad još boljim,
komplet podataka ili po parking mesto.
or one parking spot at a time.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ben Wellington - Data scientistBen Wellington blends his love of statistics, the city, and comedy in his entertaining analysis of the story of New York City, told through data.
Why you should listen
Ben Wellington runs the I Quant NY blog, in which he crunches city-released data to find out what's really going on in the Big Apple. To date he has tackled topics such as measles outbreaks in New York City schools, analyzed how companies like Airbnb are really doing in NYC, and asked questions such as "does gentrification cause a reduction in laundromats?" (Answer: inconclusive.)
Ben is a visiting assistant professor in the City & Regional Planning program at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn; his day job involves working as a quantitative analyst at the investment management firm, Two Sigma. A budding comedian and performer, he also teaches team building workshops through Cherub Improv, a non-profit that uses improv comedy for social good.
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