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❗ The Peoria Civic Hackathon occured on August 12, 2017. This repository is an archive of the challenge statement that was revealed to participants at the start of the event.

• Projects built at the event exist as forks to this repository.
• See photos from the event on the City of Peoria's Facebook Page
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Peoria Civic Hackathon 2017 Challenge Statement

Get to know the Challenge Statement for the Peoria Civic Hackathon 2017. You can learn more about the Hackathon at www.peoriacivichackathon.org.

👋 Join the discussion with other Civic Hackathon participants on our official Slack team.

Table of Contents

• The Challenge Statement
• Background
• Context
• Judging Criteria
• Data
• Submitting Your Project
• Additional Resources

The Challenge Statement

Create a product that will assist residents, business owners, and visitors of our region in getting information on the extent of our current and planned infrastructure projects.

Background

Infrastructure investments are some of the most expensive projects that the City embarks on. To most Peorians, these projects often become construction areas to avoid. Residents, businesses, and commuters seek information on these projects, but sometimes the City's communications don't reach them. A homeowner may want to know how long he will see a bulldozer on his street, a business owner may want to know how long the sidewalk next to her business will take to be paved, and someone driving into Peoria will want to know how long they will need to take an alternative route to get to their job downtown.

Infrastructure projects make traveling by car, bus, bike or other mode of transporation easier in the long run, but can pose a challenge to users during the construction phase. How can the City of Peoria better inform people in our region of the extent and status of our infrastructure projects? The City is releasing a data set containing information on all of our largest infrastructure projects. Today's challenge is to use this data to create a solution that communicates this information in an engaging way to the persons that will most likely be interested and affected by it.

It may be helpful to consider:

• How could residents become better informed of infrastructure projects that are near their homes?
• How could business owners become better informed of infrastructure projects that may affect their commercial space or the clients that come to their space?
• How could visitors to Peoria become better informed of infrastructure projects that they might encounter during their commute or trips into town?
• How could people receive information on various digital devices?

Context

Who leads our infrastructure projects?

The City's Public Works Department has a staff of engineers that act as project managers who watch over the projects from design through construction. They manage a team of consultants through the design phase, and once that is complete they follow the project through the construction phase.

Who is affected by infrastructure projects?

Infrastructure projects can impact some unlikely suspects. You may immediately think about the time your car trip took longer than anticipated, but have you ever thought about a child walking to school, a bus route that has to move, a bike path that is no longer accessible, or a business owner who struggles to get customers to his or her location due to construction? From residents to visitors and everyone in between, we are all impacted by the inconvenient but necessary work of infrastructure updates.

Glossary of Terms

Arterial Streets - high volume roadways that connect major urban centers or freeways.
City Council District - City Council, which comprises 10 Council Members plus the Mayor, is the representative body of the City of Peoria. 5 of the 11 officials are elected from each of the 5 districts that the City is divided into.
Graphic Information System - a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data. The City of Peoria Public Works Department uses GIS programs to internally visualize geospatial data. References to GIS may be seen throughout the City's data sets.
Pavement Condition Index - (PCI) is used to indicate the general condition of the roadway in which a score of 0 represents the worst condition, and 100 would be the best condition. PCI scores above 70 are eligible for pavement preservation treatments. Once a street gets below that, there are more factors that have to be considered. There comes a point that the City would not use any pavement preservation treatments on the roadway if the PCI is too low. Those roadways would require a reconstruction of the pavement.
Sidewalk Construction Type - Sidewalks typically fall into one of two categories. Curb side sidewalk is sidewalk that is directly against the curb. Buffered sidewalk will have a green space between the sidewalk and the curb.

Judging Criteria

Projects that are submitted for judging in the Peoria Civic Hackathon are evaluated according to the following criteria:

1. Meets Challenge (30%)

   How well does the product communicate construction projects?
   How accessible is it to the public?
   How engaging is it to use?

2. Quality (30%)

   How well does it work?
   Is it dynamic?
   How clean/well-documented is the code?

3. Creativity (20%)

   How creative is the solution?
   How ambitious is the project?

4. Experience (20%)

   Is the product aesthetically pleasing?
   Is the product easy to navigate?

Data

Any publicly available data sets can be used in creating a solution to this challenge statement. Below are data sets that have been made public specially for this event, as well as links to exisiting publicly available data sets.

City of Peoria Infrastructure Projects

• Arterial Road Reconstruction - Construction projects on higher volume roads and streets in an urban setting.
• Pavement Projects 2014 - Pavement preservation projects carried out in 2014.
• Pavement Projects 2015 - Pavement preservation projects carried out in 2015.
• Pavement Projects 2016 - Pavement preservation projects carried out in 2016.
• Pavement Projects 2017 - Pavement preservation projects carried out in 2017.
• Ramp Construction - Construction of ADA-accessible sidewalk ramps.
• Residential Reconstruction - Construction projects on lower volume streets that make up neighborhoods.
• Sidewalk Construction - Construction projects on sidewalks in the City of Peoria.

Relevant City of Peoria Data Sets

• Bike Trails on Roads - Road segments that contain bike paths.
• Bike Trails - Bike trails constructed off of the public right-of-way.
• Bus Routes - Routes served by CityLink buses.
• Bus Stop Shelters - Location of shelters placed along routes served by CityLink buses.
• City of Peoria Boundary - Geographical boundary of the City of Peoria.
• City of Peoria Centerlines - The centerline of roadways for the City of Peoria.
• City of Peoria Council District Boundaries - Geographical boundaries of City of Peoria Council Districts.
• City of Peoria Neighborhood Associations - Geographical Boundaries of Neighborhood Associations that have notified the City of Peoria of their organization.
• Trash Cans at Bus Stops - Location of trash cans at CityLink bus stops.

Relevant Non-City of Peoria Data Sets

• Data.gov - The U.S. Government's Open Data Portal
• United States Census Bureau - Data from the U.S. Census Bureau
• Illinois Open Data Portal - The State of Illinois' Open Data Portal

Note on Data: If there is a data set that you are unable to access or is not public, but feasibly could be, you are welcome to generate "dummy data" and use it in your solution to prove the value of collecting and making public such data in the future.

Submitting Your Project

Judges will only consider projects that have been submitted by 7:00PM CST on August 12, 2017.

If you are competing on a team:

1. Create an organization on Github (tutorial on creating organizations)
2. Fork this repository to your organization. (tutorial on forking)
3. You must fill in the Project Submission Template as a template to help judges, other team members, and the public at large to understand your project at a glance.
4. The last changes you push to your organization's forked repo before 7:00PM CST on August 12, 2017 are your official submission for the judging period of the Civic Hackathon.

If you are competing as an individual:

1. Fork this repository to your personal Github account. (tutorial on forking)
2. You must fill in the Project Submission Template as a template to help judges, other team members, and the public at large to understand your project at a glance.
3. The last changes you push to your forked repo before 7:00PM CST on August 12, 2017 are your official submission for the judging period of the Civic Hackathon.

Additional Resources

Not sure how to use Github? Want to learn more about hackathons and coding. See the list of additional resources below:

• Github Tutorial (Text) - Read this short Github tutorial (10 minute read) to become more familiar with this repository and Github as a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration.

• Github Tutorial (Interactive) - Use this interactive Github tutorial (15 minute activity) to become more familiar with this repository and Github as a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration.

• Organizing Your Team on Github - If you're collaborating with a team at the Civic Hackathon, you can use this guide to learn how to create an organization on Github.

• Forking Projects on Github - Quick guide (4 minute read) on "forking" projects on Github, a process that is crucial to submitting your final project for consideration during the Civic Hackathon.

• City of Peoria Website - Have questions about the City of Peoria? The official website is the right place to start.

• Peoria Civic Hackathon Slack Team - Share best practices, tips, and questions with other participants on the official Peoria Civic Hackathon Slack team!