Open Source Urban Planning

This is precisely the sort of thing I wanted to highlight when I started Re/Creating Tampa. Wired has a great article about Mark Gorton’s efforts to create open-source software to aid in urban planning.

“Gorton, whose LimeWire file sharing software for the open-source gnutella network was at the forefront of the P2P revolution nearly a decade ago, is taking profits earned as a software mogul and spinning them into projects to make urban transportation safer, faster and more sustainable.”

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“Portland, Oregon has already used his open-source software to plan its bus routes. San Francisco, whose MUNI bus system is a frequent target of criticism, could be next to get the treatment.”