Civic Use Cases. What This Platform Makes Possible
200 Brady Street isn’t just a concept. It’s a platform with structural affordances, built to solve real problems for clinics, researchers, civic allies, and public interest technologists. This page outlines some of the use cases already embedded in the system’s design, even if full deployment is still milestone gated.
From Legal Clinics to FOI Coalitions... Real Problems, Already Mapped
| Use Case | What They Need | What 200 Brady Street Enables |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Clinic | Tools to bundle disputes, surface enforcement patterns, and prepare for collective legal action | Structured visibility into ticket issuance, contributor-safe metadata, and eventual class action tooling (Milestone 3) |
| FOI Coalition | A way to host, tag, and make searchable the documents they extract through access-to-information systems | Metadata scaffolding, public indexing, and contributor-aligned upload logic (Milestone 2) |
| Civic Researcher | Ability to track changes in enforcement practices across time, jurisdiction, and legal framing | Real-time maps, historical ticket logs, and FOI-tied trends — all governed by public-interest licensing (Civic+ Subscriptions) |
| Public-Interest Journalist | Ground truth for enforcement activity — without depending on city data or PR-filtered access | Verified contributor submissions, map overlays, and bylaw context (See how the data is structured) |
| Transparency Platform | Sources of structured, cross-referenced civic data that reinforce existing access or governance tools | Exportable indexes, reciprocal licensing logic, and auditability-by-design (See licensing guardrails) |
| Justice-Aligned Funders | A system they can support without surveillance tradeoffs or growth-stage hype | Milestone-bound development, contributor-first architecture, and audit-ready deployment (Build With Us) |
| Civic Tech Collaborator | A principled backend they can align with — not compete against — in transparency tooling | Governed data structure, clear API exclusions, and milestone-gated integration pathways (See partner pathways) |
| Policy Researcher or Student | Ground-level enforcement data to study mobility, bias, urban regulation, or city-level legal shifts | Contributor-safe records, redaction-aware data, and licensing rules that support education (See public-interest licensing) |
Does your work align with any of these roles or needs?
We don’t run pilots. We don’t issue early access. But we do brief aligned partners, clinics, researchers, and civic allies who share a structural vision of enforcement accountability.
- Explore our partner pathways
- Understand how governance shapes access and protections
- Reach out to coordinate or collaborate
Or email us directly at invest@200bradystreet.com with a short note on your mission and use case.