Problem South Bend’s thriving downtown began a transformation in the 1960s and 1970s which brought widened one-way, fast moving streets that rewarded the motorists and devalued the downtown, moving people and markets to the suburbs. Solution Mayor Pete Buttigieg has helped lead the Smart Streets initiative, an effort to improve […]

Infrastructure | Pete Buttigieg | Former Mayor | South Bend, IN

Problem Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) cities across the country overflow hundreds of billions of gallons of raw sewage into rivers, lakes and oceans every year. South Bend is a CSO city and as recently as 2008 overflowed 1.5-2 billion gallons of raw sewage into the Saint Joseph River annually. The […]

Infrastructure | Pete Buttigieg | Former Mayor | South Bend, IN

Problem The City of South Bend created the first open data portal in Indiana in 2013, but the distribution of information through this platform has not had a measurable impact to further conversations with residents on how to improve city services beyond anecdotes. Solution Mayor Pete Buttigieg helped launch S.BEND […]

Smart Government | Pete Buttigieg | Former Mayor | South Bend, IN