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На примерах нескольких проектов из опыта команды Urbica мы рассмотрим, как с помощью анализа и визуализации данных можно улучшить качество городской жизни. И что важно: на самом деле, это не заоблачные технологии, многие инструменты доступны каждому горожанину.

Starting online translation – "Mapping urban noise"

Интервью с Джоном Беллом, продакт-дизайнером в Twitter. Q: If you had to hire a product designer, what would you pay attention to?  A: I differ from a lot of designers on this topic. Type this question into Google and you’ll see a lot of similarities in the responses, and I agree with them. But I think there are other important skills that don’t get enough emphasis. First is curiosity. I know a lot of designers who are master “hoop jumpers” but that limits them. If you’re waiting for the teacher or your boss…

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This paper assesses the U.S. electric vehicle market and the actions driving it, focusing on the 50 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas. This work analyzes the connections among various state and local policies, public and workplace charging infrastructure, consumer incentives, model availability, and the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric (both fully electric and plug-in hybrid). The figure illustrates the share of new vehicle registrations that are plug-in electric across U.S. metropolitan areas in 2016. The 50 most populous metropolitan areas are labeled. As shown, the San Jose area had the highest share at 10%, followed by other California areas (4% to 6%) and markets in Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington (2% to 4%). Overall, the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric in these 50 areas is 1.2%, about 3 times the proportion in the rest of the United States.   Our analysis leads us to the following four conclusions: Growth in the electric vehicle market requires many actions..