With an apps competition, no less.

The New York Times says:

Contestants will have access to more than 170 data sets supplied by over 30 city agencies, including weekly traffic updates, schedules of citywide events, property sales, restaurant inspections and mappable data around school and voting districts.

Exciting!

We ought to do something of similar spirit in Toronto, once people have had a chance to dogfood a version 1 “sandbox” release of open data.

See also: Open Data: What’s on Your Wish List?, Open Data: Making Toronto a Better Place to Live