Make parking evidence easier to understand

What you can make

A working offline district explorer plus a worksheet for testing an explanation with a consenting reader.

A builder interested in accessible explanations, neighborhood research or public-data tools.

Start here

1. Choose one reader and one task

   Pick a district and state what you want a reader to understand. Record the limits of historical enforcement counts.

   Keep evidence: A specific user task and a source-backed statement.

2. Create a working explanation

   Use the included explorer, edit its accompanying explanation and save a first version.

   Keep evidence: A working artifact and a clear separation of evidence from interpretation.

3. Check comprehension with a person

   Ask a consenting reader to try the explanation. Verify any actual parking instruction directly against current authoritative rules.

   Keep evidence: Observed feedback and a current authoritative rule source if you give instructions.

Who can take part

• Anyone can prototype using the published public-domain aggregates.

Before you commit

• The dataset covers enforcement history from 2018 onward. Summons counts are not current rules or proof of confusion.
• Only district-level aggregates are included; no vehicle or individual address data.
• This is a Buffalo Projects build invitation, not an official city commission.

What still needs testing

These are possibilities to investigate, not verified findings.

• An enforcement pattern may suggest an explanation or accessibility question. Causes, current need and willingness to pay require fresh evidence.

Evidence you can inspect

Last checked 11/7/2026, 5:29:27 PM Eastern. Source changes can make a starting point unavailable.