International Association of Transportation Regulators (IATR) Hack-A-Thon

The IATR's hack-a-thon that will take place in San Francisco during the IATR conference by several academic institutions, including the United States Department of Transportation's University Transportation Research Center (Region 2) at The City College of New York, of The City University of New York; the University of California, Berkeley; New York University; Perdue University; and the New York Institute of Technology.   In addition to private taxicab, for-hire vehicle (limousine and livery) technology companies and black box providers that have agreed to submit data for analysis by hackers (private companies, public employees, researchers, and students), several government transportation agencies and cities have agreed to turn over fresh and detailed taxicab, FHV, TNC and agency regulatory data, including: the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission; the District of Columbia Department of For-Hire Vehicles; the City of Calgary; the Philadelphia Parking Authority; TransAD of Abu Dhabi, UAE; and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Many more international and national partners are joining by the day, including the International Road Transport Union (IRU), which is coordinating data sets from many platforms, apps and dispatch companies that are part of UpTop (its universal app platform initiative). 

 

 

The theme of the challenge is for innovative teams and individuals to compete by analyzing data sets to propose ideas (including new apps and software solutions) that promote shared mobility and multi-modal integration, and/or enhance equity in transportation services for disabled passengers and underserved communities, and/or to increase vehicle safety or reduce motor vehicle crashes. 

 

Hacking will take place at the San Francisco Hilton in rooms made available by IATR during the first day of the conference, and also remotely via secure portals at NYIT's Manhattan campus, NYU's NYC campus and other locations to be named.  Massive data sets have already been provided by government agencies and private sponsors that includeF taxi, TNC and FHV pick-up, drop-off, fare box, geo-location, crash or incident data and agency violation/complaint information.  

 

The following are the locations for hacking:

• Hilton San Francisco Union Square; Franciscan Rooms
• New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), New York City Campus
• Purdue University

 

Students, researchers, private companies and government hackers can register for the hack-a-thon, to obtain further information visit http://iatr.global/hack-a-thon