Little Rock Uses Community Data to Light Underserved Areas

Government Technology: Little Rock, Ark., has a new program called Lights On, which deputizes residents and neighborhood groups to organize and walk the streets, reporting blocked or broken streetlights for repair.

The reports are taken through Little Rock’s existing 311 program, and then funneled for repair either to the relevant city department or to Entergy Arkansas, the private company that manages the majority of the city's streetlights.

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