Buenos Aires • Leveraging environmental and climate data to promote soft mobility
The BA Climate Action platform merges open government tools with climate action to promote accountability, collaboration and transparency in municipal policies. It collects data on public transport services and soft mobility to inform and guide action.
Within the framework of its “Open Government and Climate Change” policy, the BA Climate Action platform, which was selected to be a part of the UCLG Local4Action Hub, allows the collection and visualization of climate data, as well as of the efforts of the municipal government, non-state actors and citizens to reduce the city’s emissions. The platform provides open data on Buenos Aires’ goals and initiatives, and seeks to merge open government tools with climate action to promote accountability, collaboration, and transparency regarding the municipal policies. Specifically in the area of urban mobility, the platform gathers data on public transport services, public bicycles, bicycle lanes, vehicle flows and, the existing automotive fleet, in order to inform and guide action.