Comm599 presentation

otto kheraCOMM 599

Sept 14, 2011

bicycling in groups / rethinking transportation / social

media + geolocation tech

“What gets measured gets managed”

-- Peter Drucker

Mark Gorton• Limewire founder and in

litigation with record companies.

• Founder of Streetsblog NYC and beyond.

• OpenPlans founder – open standards for transportation and a more open civic sector

inefficient traffic

flock traffic navigation(FTN)

“Everyday people face traffic congestion in urban areas, raising travel time and stress issues in drivers. Beyond traffic lights synchronization, emerging location-based technologies like GPS and cellular communications suggest some futuristic traffic coordination schemes. Flock traffic navigation (FTN) based on negotiation gives a basic algorithm and showed by simulation that a non-centred solution can be achieved letting individual vehicles to communicate and negotiate among them. Early works suppose a bone diagram formed by two agents and their geometrical intersection based on their initial and end points.” <Clustering Methods in Flock Traffic Navigation Based on NegotiationCarlos Astengo-Noguez and RamÓn Brena-Pinero: 2007>

bone diagram

<Clustering Methods in Flock Traffic Navigation Based on NegotiationCarlos Astengo-Noguez and RamÓn Brena-Pinero: 2007>

“Utility Cycling”

“Utility cycling encompasses many types of cycling activities and advocacy, and it is made unique by its goal-oriented nature. Utility cycling activities often focus on achieving tangible goals that can be accomplished during any particular outing, such as getting to work, delivering cargo, or patrolling a neighborhood.”- Melanie Colavito, utilitycycling.org (tucson, AZ)

Rise of the Bicycle• Transportation – March 2010 DoT

pronouncement – “ .. transportation agencies should plan, fund, and implement improvements to their walking and bicycling networks, including linkages to transit.”

• 25% global growth annually (more bikes in use worldwide than cars!)

• DiY / hipster / fixie culture – from LA to Shanghai<http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/bicycle-ped.html>

New DIY Cycling Culture: LA to Shanghai to London to NYC

geoloqi

• Founded by Amber Case • Open APIs for geo-games, e.g., MapAttack• In the same space as Glympse, SCVNGR,

SimpleGeo, loki … and growing• Platform that appears to be suitable for iOS

and Android dev (beta)

alleycat• Checkpoints - The first checkpoint is given at the start of the race, and on arrival the next

checkpoint is revealed to the racer. These work in much the same way a messenger would be assigned deliveries over the course of a day. The route to a checkpoint is left up to the rider and showcases a messenger's knowledge of the area.

• Task Checkpoints - In some races upon arriving at a checkpoint the rider may have to perform a task or trick before being given the next location. This allows organizers to be as creative as they desire. Task checkpoints can involve physical tasks, such as climbing stairs, taking a shot of alcohol or hot sauce, performing a skillful trick, or can test the racer's mind, such as reciting trivia or messenger related knowledge. Often there is not a task at all of the checkpoints in a race and tasks/checkpoints can sometimes be skipped (potentially at a loss of points) if a rider feels that time to complete a task is not worth the points they would earn.

• Checkpoints Up Front - A common format is for organizers to give the checkpoints/manifest 5–30 minutes before the start of the race. This allows the rider to choose the best route between stops.

• Point Collection - Some races use a scavenger hunt style race where each stop is worth a certain number of points. These are often races of the Checkpoints Up Front variety and a rider may decide to not stop at some checkpoints valuing an earlier completion time over the points a particular stop may earn them.

<Source: Wikipedia – September 2011>

full circle: connection to opengeo?