#seeclickfix

I wrote a few weeks ago about the city of Beacon’s Backwards Website, bitching about how hard it is to complain about everyday problems, like potholes or dogs backing. I suggested some sort of 311 system be created and placed at the topmost level of the city website.

In backchannel discussions I’ve had with members of the City Council in Beacon, I learned that there have been discussions about this issue, but basically anything that costs money is a non-starter these days.

So I have a suggestion: Beaconites should simply start using SeeClickFix, a TOTALLY FREE system for lodging complaints. Visit seeclickfix.com/beacon, sign up, and add a constructive gripe about Beacon taxi cab drivers that won't stop for pedestrians on Main Street, or why the city still doesn’t have ADA-compliant crosswalks yet.

If the City Council wants to find out how they can get an account and monitor citizen complaints, fine. In the meantime, we the people have a place to share our grievances, since the City is making it fairly hard to do so.

One of SeeClickFix’s great features is the map, where complaints can tied to a location, if that makes sense. In the image above, I was griping about a Beacon Express Cab ignoring the law about pedestrian crossing at the corner of Main St and South Brett.

Let’s start using it, and tell your City Council to pay attention.

Antioch Public Works Launches New Citizen Reporting Tool

ANTIOCH, Calif. – Early this month, the City of Antioch partnered with SeeClickFix to announce the launch of their new platform that encourages participation of Antioch residents. The Public Works Department is launching SeeClickFix, a citizen engagement app with enhanced features, used to report common non-emergency community issues. This app has a mobile component that allows for on-the- go…

Al Dia is Littering My Neighborhood - Dallas, TX - Issue #9111 - SeeClickFix 

No, not those billboards: something even better. After our recent partner launch with New Westminster, British Columbia, an awesome resident there took time to send us this even-more-awesome photo. 

No, that is not Photoshopped. People driving in New Westminster can see SeeClickFix's very first highway billboard placement asking drivers & residents to report local issues through the apps. 

An awesome quote from this article in Financial Landscaper: 

So to explain this app I need paint you a picture.

You’re driving to work and every day you avoid this large annoying pot hole half way there. Annoying, but you think, “I’m sure it’s going to get fixed soon.” You stay late to work about once a week and the street light closest to your parking spot outside your office is out. UGH, of course… “GAH! I just want to see where I parked!” you think to yourself. Days and weeks go by and the hole is still there and the light is still out. But what are you going to do about it? You don’t have time to go to community meetings, yell at the city council or even at times it’s hard to remember to gripe about it to your neighbor. As Sweet Brown might say “Ain’t nobody got time for that”

Well, I learned something very *AWESOME* this morning from the wondering Mrs. Jennifer Suarez. SeeclickFix App (or website if you don’t have a smartphone) to report an issue.