Over the last two years, Cornell Tech’s Jacobs Urban Tech Hub has been tooling up to collect and use real-time data from bus systems in the New York region. Today, Anthony Townsend is delighted to announce that this facility, the Bus Observatory API, is now available. Feel free to jump right in, or continue reading to learn more about the data and how they are delivering it.
The NYC Recovery Challenge began in spring 2021 when three leaders in New York City’s tech ecosystem, Cornell Tech, Tech:NYC and Google for Startups came together with the shared goal of helping New York City’s business recovery. We were looking to spur diverse and resilient job growth and retention in the city to help address the New York’s still high unemployment rate, which was still (and continues to be) twice the rest of the country.[1] The strategy we developed was to focus specifically on ways that technologies were being used by New York-based tech startups to support small businesses and the workers most directly affected by the Covid pandemic. Read More
As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, innovative technologies are being implemented to develop smart cities, which use sensors and data to inform the design, policies and management for urban environments. The multifaceted industry provides many opportunities for interdisciplinary academic collaboration, while also creating an environment for real-world implementation and impact. Read More
Today the Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech, in partnership with Tech: NYC and Google for Startups, announced the winning startups of the NYC Recovery Challenge. Read More
In 1995 only a handful of tech companies operated in New York City. Today there are more than 9,000 startups. The growth of the tech ecosystem during the past 25 years has been an incredible success story. The city now has a unique opportunity to optimize its systems, starting inside its bureaucracy. Read More
A team of researchers at Cornell Tech has developed a forecast of urban technology trends over the coming decade, predicting movements in machine learning, life sciences, infrastructure and other fields. Read More
Blockchain, social media, digital twins, smart buildings, delivery robots…Technology innovations and headlines come thick and fast these days. It can be overwhelming for city officials to take everything in and understand what it means for them and their residents. A new ‘Horizon Scan’ interactive resource from Cornell Tech explores more than 250 urban technology innovations and sets them in context for cities, in terms of both the opportunities and risks. Read More
A new competition launched Wednesday—backed by the technology giant, along with industry group Tech:NYC and Cornell Tech—is offering cash rewards to early-stage startups. Winners also receive access to a month of free mentorship from Google and Cornell Tech. Read More
A report released Wednesday provides technological solutions for some of the city’s myriad problems and examines the barriers to their adoption, with the hope of provoking intense debate about urban technology in this year’s municipal election. Read More
With New York City’s political landscape on the verge of drastic change, urban technology experts at Cornell Tech, the graduate school based on Roosevelt Island, are looking to make sure that the new class of city officials elected this year will embrace technology-based solutions to the city’s longstanding challenges. Read More
A platform that uses machine learning, sensors and location data to guide customers to safely distanced cafe seating and an augmented reality platform offering immersive art experiences are among the projects Cornell Tech students have proposed to help New York City emerge from COVID-19. Read More
Michael Samuelian, FAIA, AICP, is an urban planner, real estate developer, and professor. From the revitalization of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 to the creation of a new neighborhood in Hudson Yards and the activation of Governors Island he’s helped plan, design and develop some of the most transformative projects in New York City. Read More
For centuries, cities have been hubs of innovation, attracting ambitious people who develop and deploy creative solutions to the world’s problems. Cities also expose our deepest inequities, as we have seen with public health and economic fallout resulting from COVID-19. Consequently, they are ideal platforms for addressing challenges and bringing people back together. Read More
Cornell Tech has launched classes in its “Defending Density: Is This the Death of the City?” course. Michael Samuelian, named director of the Roosevelt Island-based college’s Urban Tech Hub this past spring, told Crain’s New York Business he devised the course as a way to launch the hub. Read More
