Nina Kin is the Technical Lead for LA Metro’s Digital Services Team. With over 15 years in local government and a background in software engineering, she is determined to make government work better for the public. Outside of Metro, Nina serves as a Board Member for MobilityData and is on the organizing team for several government/tech/data events, such as Data + Donuts LA, MaptimeLA, the LA Arts Datathon, and the International Humanitarian Mapathon.

When she’s not in front of a computer, you’ll find Nina exploring neighborhoods by foot, bike, or public transit. She also enjoys learning new crafting skills, playing the violin, and practicing taiko drumming with the JTown Taiko Club. A proud alumna of UC Berkeley, Nina holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Presentations

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Panel: Public tech stacks that work for all

Government agencies have a duty to serve the public. How do we ensure our digital services are usable by those who need them most? In this panel talk, folks at different levels of government will discuss the benefits, challenges and constraints of using public code, open source systems, and open data to design and build tech stacks that serve the public.

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Navigating the Transit Data Landscape

The "General Transit Feed Specification" (GTFS) is one of the greatest open data standard success stories you can find in the US. In 2005, Google collaborated with Portland's TriMet to define an easily maintainable and consumable transit data format. The resulting spec is now ubiquitous - it is published by every major transit agency in the US and consumed by every major trip planning app (Google Maps, Transit App, Moovit, etc.).

This session will cover what GTFS is, how you access it, how to use it, and how you can contribute to it as it continues to grow.

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