Tech Innovations In Parks: Notes From Our Presentation At Greater & Greener
Last month, we spoke on the Tech Innovations In Parks panel at the City Parks Alliance Greater and Greener Conference in Minneapolis. We were thrilled to share the stage with Los Angeles Recreation and Parks, Denver Parks and Recreation, and the Land Art Generator. The panel was moderated by our good friends at the National Recreation and Park Association, with whom we’ve partnered on events like the Boston Innovation Lab and collaborated on articles examining the role technology plays in parks.
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Las Cruces, NM is using Soofa Pro data to transform its downtown public spaces
The team from the City of Las Cruces not only wants to know what happens at one location or in one moment in time, but also how certain activities or new developments have a ripple effect across the entire downtown core.
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A Midsummer Launch
We raised some money 🙌🏽 and we're about to launch a new product 🙏🏽 the 42" Soofa Sign, so we threw a party...
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Modernizing public transit: how the technology ecosystem approach enhances ridership experience
When we look at the built environments in our cities we see a quilt-like patchwork of many different and diverse neighborhoods and associated architectural styles, parks and public spaces, infrastructure elements, public transportation networks, and, of course, people.
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How Las Cruces, NM is using Soofa Pro data to justify the expense of a public WiFi network
When faced with a nearly $400,000 capital expenditure to provide free public WiFi to residents and visitors, the City of Las Cruces paused and asked the important question, how many people actually spend time downtown? The City partnered with Soofa to measure pedestrian traffic and analyze the patterns of use. Learn more about how the City is transforming Soofa data into information to help make key strategic decisions.
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NYC's Internet of Things Guidelines: how Soofa's Highbridge Park deployment helped shape them
Written to help cities deploy internet of things technologies in a responsible manner, the City of New York's Internet Of Things Guidelines were published late last year and have been adopted by cities across the globe. Soofa's smart parks deployment with the New York City Parks Department was the first project to follow the guidelines, and helped inform their structure.
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How and why the Park District of Oak Park, IL is using Soofa Pro Data
The Park District of Oak Park is one of Soofa's first early adopters of the Soofa Pro sensor, which measures pedestrian traffic in outdoor public spaces. This case study shares insights into the project, data visualizations, lessons learned, and next steps to maximize the value of Soofa Pro data to the Park District's operations.
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A First Look At Soofa Data
Since launching the Soofa Beta Cities network in May of 2016, we have been developing Soofa Pro, the sensor embedded version of the Soofa Bench and Soofa Core. Our sensor measures pedestrian activity in public spaces and we provide this data in an easy to use monthly report as well as through raw data exports and an API. In this post we detail the analytic tools available and how they are currently being used by our beta partners like NYC Parks, the Park District of Oak Park, IL, and many more.
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First Soofa Sign is up and running in Faneuil Hall, Boston
Today Soofa announced the launch of the Soofa Sign with the City of Boston and the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics. Mayor Martin J. Walsh is the first in the country to pilot this new technology which provides a new platform for the Mayor and the City to connect with residents and visitors. The Soofa Sign is the latest product in Soofa's smart urban furniture ecosystem that improves the quality of life for citizens while generating data for city leaders to make more informed decisions.
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Introducing the Soofa in Every State (and Province) Campaign!
In 2014, Soofa officially launched through a partnership with the New Urban Mechanics in Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's Office. In 2015, we began shipping nationally. Now, in 2016, we've shipped over 150 Soofa Benches to 16 states and 5 countries. Are you joining us?
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Spotlight: Jeff Rosalsky, Pocono Environmental Education Center
Meet Jeff Rosalsky, Executive Director of the Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) in Pennsylvania. Jeff is one of our early adopters and this week we're featuring him in our Spotlight Series. Read more about Jeff and PEEC, and get the inside scoop into why he has a Soofa Bench in front of his main building.
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Top 5 Features in Soofa Atlas
How busy was your bench during a beautiful, sunny weekend? How many hours of charge has your network of benches provided over its lifetime? Which bench is the most popular? Soofa Atlas lets you answer all these questions and more. Here's a run down of the top 5 features provided by Atlas.
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