Jordan Okafor
Civic technologist working with mid-size cities on open data. I like ideas that survive contact with procurement.
Skills: GIS, policy analysis, community organizing, Python
Public Briefs
Pop-up tool libraries in transit stations
Lockers of shared drills, saws, and meters in the fare-paid zone of transit stations, checked out with your transit card. Shelving this one — the insurance math defeated me — but somebody with retail-ops experience should take it.
Sidewalk shade index for heat-wave routing
Score every sidewalk segment in a city by tree canopy and building shadow across the day, then feed it to maps apps so July walking directions prefer shaded routes. Heat deaths concentrate among people who walk at midday because they have no choice.