Inspiration
What it does
How we built it
Challenges we ran into
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Looking Glass helps Toronto residents trace municipal decisions and find where they can still have a say.
On Atlas Avenue, residents petitioned for one-way access. The timeline compares the petition with Council approval of two speed humps and a curb narrowing while retaining two-way access. Installation on this block remains unverified. Source passages link directly to City records.
Little Jamaica shows a consultation deadline, official feedback link, email drafts addressed to the planning team and optional Visualping page-change alerts. The seating request is an example.
The working prototype covers eight curated cases using Toronto Centreline, City reports and decisions, the speed-hump inventory and Little Jamaica project information. Built with JavaScript, Leaflet, HTML and CSS. Map locations are approximate.
A municipal pilot could begin with ten staff-reviewed decisions, resident usability testing and ongoing verification of dates and contacts.
Readiness report: https://decision-replay-toronto.ds9808781.chatgpt.site/readiness.pdf
What we learned
What's next for Looking Glass
Built With
- css3
- html5
- javascript
- leaflet.js
- visualping
