The city of Pittsburgh, Google and several other sponsors are asking local software developers to pull an all-nighter for the Steel City Codefest — a day-long brainstorming and coding session that organizers hope will result in custom software apps to supplement city services…
 However much of the data — which includes information on roads and bridges, schools and transportation — come from partnerships the city has formed with local, state and federal stakeholders willing to share their information for the cause…
Other partners include the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Bakery Square, the University of Pittsburgh Center for Social and Urban Research, Downtown-based design firm Maya Design and Carnegie Mellon University’s transportation research program, Traffic 21.
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