Apps, interactive kiosks, live maps, and other web and smartphone technologies have altered how citizens relate to the public realm. These advances have made it easier than ever to engage citizens and solicit feedback for planning efforts. Yet many of these efforts receive short-lived success or become a blip in a widening landscape of ways for people to make tangible impact in the public realm. Panelists will discuss what makes technologies ‘successful’ and will provide learning lessons from their own projects for virtually engaging with the public realm.
