NYC's 311 phone service...making local government smarter. "Think of 311 as a kind of massively distributed extension of the city's perceptual systems, harnessing millions of ordinary eyes on the street to detect emerging problems or report unmet needs."
In New York it has the additional bonus of subsidizing students, because they hire undergraduate and graduate students from CUNY to answer the phones. The pay rate is decent, and not having to work at an hourly-wage job that involves a fryer is a good thing.
How well does the service work with out-of-towner's cell phones?
City of Los Angeles provides 3-1-1 as well.
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Peter10 10 2004 2:10PM
also in toronto and several other canadian cities. although the $46 million price tag is a little contentious here in toronto.