Build a Public Open-Data Dashboard for Urban Mobility
Overview
What this challenge is about.
You analyze 10 years of cyclist-collision data around new bike lanes and publish an interactive dashboard. Earn a verifiable certificate.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Publish a defensible, interactive dashboard on cyclist-injury-rate change after a protected-lane rollout, with a methods note that survives political scrutiny.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Work end-to-end with messy open civic data
- Apply before/after analysis with appropriate confounders
- Communicate uncertainty visually for a public audience
- Defend analytical choices in writing to a non-technical board
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Applied Data Analysis and Practical Data Science
Master · Ai Ml
Fit score: 1
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
Careers
Roles this prepares you for.
Real titles. Real skill bridges. Pick the one closest to your trajectory.
Career paths this builds toward
Canonical rolesData Scientist
Public civic-data work with a defensible methods note is a portfolio piece any junior data scientist can point to in interviews to prove communication chops.
This challenge sharpens
- exploratory-data-analysis
- data-storytelling
- geospatial-analysis
Data Engineer
Wrangling messy open data into a snapshotted, versioned pipeline is exactly how data engineers operationalize public-data work.
This challenge sharpens
- data-wrangling
- python
- geospatial-analysis
AI Product Designer
Designing an honest interactive dashboard for a public audience is a transferable craft for designing data-driven product surfaces.
This challenge sharpens
- data-visualization
- data-storytelling
- exploratory-data-analysis