@HelpfulPlaces

We're a mission-driven startup advancing greater transparency and civic dialogue on the use of digital technology in the built environment.

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Tech can reshape the urban experience, and foster healthier social interactions. These communities experimenting with #DTPR are laying the foundation for community-based deployment of tech in the public realm.
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Cities Today@Cities_Today24 Jun 2023
Can signage build trust in how cities use #technology and #data? “People really liked the look of the icons; the visual style is attractive to people and people prefer them to other kinds of city messaging.” - Yo Deshpande, @CityOfBoston 👉 cities-today.com/can-signage… #innovation
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Can transparency make citizens more comfortable with data-gathering in public spaces? 🏢 A pilot in U.S. cities seeks to find out. context.news/digital-rights/…

As US cities seek more data in public, can they win trust in tech? | Context by TRF

Can transparency make citizens more comfortable with data-gathering in public spaces? A pilot in U.S. cities seeks to find out

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Excited to see #DTPR with @inCitu_AR @nycSOdata “Interaction empowers users, provides a sense of agency” 🙌 #OpenDataWeek #NYCSoData @BetaNYC @HelpfulPlaces
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US Ignite@US_Ignite14 Mar 2023
Do you know the California Smart City Signage Working Group's origin story? Learn why this new working group started and why it puts resident awareness, understanding, and engagement of tech at the center of its work: us-ignite.org/blogs/ca-smart… @CityofSanJose @HelpfulPlaces
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Jackie Lu@jackiewtlu11 Mar 2023
AV check complete! Really excited about sharing with @usmayors how @HelpfulPlaces supports organizations to bring transparency to public space tech with the #opensource #DTPR standard at tomorrow's @CivicIO1 civic tech competition at #SXSW2023 schedule.sxsw.com/2023/event…!
Jackie standing in front of a sign for the Civic I/O Mayor's Summit at the SXSW conference

ALT Jackie standing in front of a sign for the Civic I/O Mayor's Summit at the SXSW conference

Jackie Lu@jackiewtlu5 Mar 2023
Super excited to be presenting #DTPR to @usmayors at @CivicIO1 Tech Pitch Competition next weekend - let me know if you are going to be in Austin at #SXSW2023!
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Tommi Laitio@tommilaitio14 Oct 2022
Jacqueline Lu @HelpfulPlaces:’#Sensors allow the environment to speak back to you. Most #parks systems are very complaint-driven and the complaints do not come equally from all user groups. In that way sensors can be a tool for #equity.” #forwardspaces #highlinenetwork
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Jackie Lu@jackiewtlu30 Sep 2022
also worth noting that @DDOTDC is definitely the municipality with the most creative use of the DTPR iconography that we've seen so far - witness the hopscotch game from the last #DCOpenStreets !
a hopscotch game drawn on the road bed, that incorporates DTPR icons into the design

ALT a hopscotch game drawn on the road bed, that incorporates DTPR icons into the design

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Jackie Lu@jackiewtlu30 Sep 2022
Folks from @DDOTDC will be out at #DCOpenStreets again this Saturday talking to residents about #DTPR and their #cyclist and #pedestrian safety tech pilot! You can find them at Georgia Ave & Farragut St NW. Don’t forget your umbrellas and rain gear 🌧️ openstreets.dc.gov/event/geo…
display about cycling and pedestrian safety technology, installed by the side of a road, including signs about the technology being tested

ALT display about cycling and pedestrian safety technology, installed by the side of a road, including signs about the technology being tested

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Jackie Lu@jackiewtlu26 Aug 2022
It's so exciting to see @DDOTDC using #DTPR signs to engage with residents on an upcoming traffic safety tech pilot! For folks in DC, you can learn more this Saturday at #OpenStreetsDC on 12th St NE by checking out the DDOT booth between Franklin & Girard. openstreets.dc.gov/event/12t…
A sign using the DTPR communication standard - a set of icons and visual language - to describe a technology being tested as part of a traffic safety technology pilot, installed on a traffic signal pole at a busy intersection near a crosswalk in D.C.

ALT A sign using the DTPR communication standard - a set of icons and visual language - to describe a technology being tested as part of a traffic safety technology pilot, installed on a traffic signal pole at a busy intersection near a crosswalk in D.C.

Four District Department of Transportation team members standing by a DTPR sign near a crosswalk at a busy intersection. The sign uses the DTPR visual language to provide notice of and describe the technology being tested, and a QR code enables residents to get more information and provide their feedback.

ALT Four District Department of Transportation team members standing by a DTPR sign near a crosswalk at a busy intersection. The sign uses the DTPR visual language to provide notice of and describe the technology being tested, and a QR code enables residents to get more information and provide their feedback.

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We're piloting technology at #InnisfilBeachPark to let us know when garbage bins need emptying. In collaboration with @HelpfulPlaces, we’re using the #DTPR standard to help residents understand & interact with smart technologies: bit.ly/3PjWAF2 simcoe.com/community-story/1…
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Jackie Lu@jackiewtlu15 Jul 2022
excited to see the word getting out about the inaugural #DTPRcohort
Smart Cities Dive@smartcitiesdive15 Jul 2022
Cities implementing the Digital Trust for Places and Routines communications standard incorporate signs with visual icons and QR codes that inform the public of nearby technology like sensors and cameras. smartcitiesdive.com/news/was…

Washington, DC, among cities piloting transparency standard for digital tech

Cities implementing the Digital Trust for Places and Routines communications standard incorporate signs with visual icons and QR codes that inform the public of nearby technology like sensors and...

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Cities Today@Cities_Today30 Jun 2022
Four communities trial the open source Digital Trust for Places and Routines communication standard to provide more transparency about technology deployment in public spaces. 👉 cities-today.com/cities-pilo… @HelpfulPlaces #transparency #smartcity #govtech #innovation
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Jackie Lu@jackiewtlu22 Jun 2022
3 years later, I’m back for @WEF’s Global Technology Governance Retreat! This time, with an installation demonstrating #DTPR as a technology governance tool that brings together transparency, accountability and agency to help advance trust in digital technologies.
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Jackie Lu@jackiewtlu22 Jun 2022
Back in 2019, @JeffSMerritt @chelseycolbert and @patrickkeenanme and I organized an early #DTPR co-design session at the @WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in San Francisco.
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