The company behind your Clipper card just entered the big data …

<![CDATA[.post-boilerplate
margin-bottom: 2em;
]]>It seems like everyone is getting into big data these days.Cubic Transportation Systems, the company that operates the Clipper card fare-payment system, announced the formation of a new subsidiary called Urban Insights earlier this week. The subsidiary provides transit agencies with subscription-based access to big data tools as well as a big data consulting service.“The transportation industry is […]

TED founder thinks big data needs a big makeover

Richard Saul Wurman isn’t a fan of President Barack Obama’s push for data.gov, an online repository for big data. “That’s just politicians talking,” the 79-year-old TED (technology, entertainment, design) conference founder told me. “I think there will be a pushback saying, ‘We don’t understand all this fucking data.’” The way Wurman sees it, that bulk collection of raw information has […]

Tackling urban problems with Big Data – Phys.org

Paul Waddell, a city planning professor at the University of California, Berkeley, with a penchant for conducting research with what he calls his “big urban data,” is putting his work to a real-world test in San Francisco.

 […]

NYU and Hudson Yards to Use Big Data to Improve Cities | ArchDaily

Phase One Visualisation © Nelson Byrd Woltz; Courtesy of Hudson YardsNew York University’s Center for Urban Science and Progress has teamed up with the developers of Hudson Yards to transform the future 28-acre mixed-use neighborhood into the nations first “quantified community.” As Crain’s New York reports, the aim is to “use big data to make cities better places to live.” […]

Stock Market News for March 19, 2014 – Zacks Investment Research

Receding fears of further military action related to Russia’s annexation of Crimea helped benchmarks end in the green for the second straight day. The S&P 500 moved close to its record high following reports that Russia may not occupy other parts of Ukraine. The Nasdaq got a boost from the surge in technology stocks. Meanwhile, investors look forward to the […]

Unlike the Stock Market | The Weekly Standard

Most Americans are not exactly sanguine about the economy. As CNN reports, according to its latest polling:Nearly 70% said the economy is generally in poor shape, and only 32% rated it good.
Could have something to do with the 4 million or so Americans who are considered “long term” unemployed and are not likely to be helped much by such […]