"This is going to potentially save lives. This is a profoundly important new tool that's going to help people in a profound way."
-- NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio
-- NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio
You Will Not Believe What the 20 NYC Big Apps Finalists Are Building - AlleyNYC - August 6, 2014
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NYC Selects 20 Civic Apps for BigApp Challenge - Government Technology - August 15, 2014
"One of the apps that answers one of the city’s more visible problems is “Reported.” The app displays a real-world ingenuity in its attempt to solve taxi complaints."
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Tonight, New York City Crowns its best new app - The Awl - September 16, 2014
"Certainly less evil—even good at heart!—but still as annoying is Reported, which was founded by a man who was unhappy that people don't complain about taxis enough. ("There are 175 million NYC cab trips each year. Yet only 13,000 consumer complaints in 2013 about drivers," is how his mission statement begins. Uh… huh.) He's written an incredibly detailed piece (on Medium, of course) about how he kept a spreadsheet about all the cabs honking outside his house. He gives himself away early on when he says that Uber is a great experience because of the constant rider surveillance. His New York of the future: we're all narcs, and we're all customers."
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City Backs New Apps to Navigate NYC - WNYC - September 17, 2014
"And Reported, billed as “Yelp for NYC Taxis,” is supposed to make it easier to file complaints to the Taxi and Limousine Commission."
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WINNER: NYC BigApps 2014, Vision Zero, Task Force
FINALIST: Top 20 Finalist for NYC BigApps 2014
Official NYC BigApps Entry Page
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NYC Selects 20 Civic Apps for BigApp Challenge - Government Technology - August 15, 2014
"One of the apps that answers one of the city’s more visible problems is “Reported.” The app displays a real-world ingenuity in its attempt to solve taxi complaints."
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Tonight, New York City Crowns its best new app - The Awl - September 16, 2014
"Certainly less evil—even good at heart!—but still as annoying is Reported, which was founded by a man who was unhappy that people don't complain about taxis enough. ("There are 175 million NYC cab trips each year. Yet only 13,000 consumer complaints in 2013 about drivers," is how his mission statement begins. Uh… huh.) He's written an incredibly detailed piece (on Medium, of course) about how he kept a spreadsheet about all the cabs honking outside his house. He gives himself away early on when he says that Uber is a great experience because of the constant rider surveillance. His New York of the future: we're all narcs, and we're all customers."
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City Backs New Apps to Navigate NYC - WNYC - September 17, 2014
"And Reported, billed as “Yelp for NYC Taxis,” is supposed to make it easier to file complaints to the Taxi and Limousine Commission."
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WINNER: NYC BigApps 2014, Vision Zero, Task Force
FINALIST: Top 20 Finalist for NYC BigApps 2014
Official NYC BigApps Entry Page
