Below is a list of current projects supported by BARI. To learn more about the data, findings, policy implications, and learning opportunities for each project, click on the titles below or in the list to the right.
Below is a list of projects pursued by BARI. To learn more about the data, findings, policy implications, and learning opportunities for each project, click on the titles below.
- “Seeing” Neighborhoods through “Big” Data: Modern administrative data—from 311 and 911 calls to building permit applications to Tweets—offer a detailed view of events and conditions across the city.
- Problem Properties: In 2011, Mayor Menino established the Problem Properties Task Force, an inter-departmental initiative focused on identifying and responding to properties where there is persistent criminal activity and violations of the sanitation and building codes.
- Making “Smart Cities” Smarter: The “age of smart cities” is upon us, and yet no one appears to know what that means. Although interconnected technologies, like sensors, kiosks, and autonomous vehicles, promise to transform the urban landscape, their potential is largely undefined.