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Note. Crowdsourcing to map public transport terminals and hubs in
MetroManila.
Mapping for Inclusive Mobility: Mapping Public Transport
Terminals, Hubsand Related Services
A Crowdsourcing Activity Concept Note
INTRODUCTION
The Ateneo School of Governments iBoP Asia (Innovation for
Inclusive Development) Programsproject entitled Catalyzing New
Mobility in Cities: The Case of Metro Manilawill launch and explore
the
use of crowdsourcing as a method of mapping transport hubs
including informal ones and the other
transport- related services in Metro Manila. It generally use
ICT (e.g.web-based and mobile-phone based,and social media)
applications. Locating and mapping these public transport
terminals, hubs, and modes
are crucial in order to assess the mobility problems and
opportunities in Metro Manila. Through
crowdsourcing, it is envisaged to improve the information
generated that will aide in planning processes
of the cities especially in the areas of transportation and
mobility and in developing innovative ideas thatcould help ensure
seamless multi-modal interconnections that would benefit the poor
and the vulnerable
groups.
The engagement with different stakeholders (that will serve as
the crowd) offers a theoretical,methodological and empirical
contribution to the field of user-driven innovation. Part of the
activity is to
create protocol in designing crowdsourcing activities using ICT
platforms. It is envisaged that the
method will provide a fast, inexpensive, timely and reliable
data on informal transport hubs and relatedservices to enrich the
information for transportation and mobility. The maps that will be
generated is
expected to provide an overview of the key locations of these
hubs and identify gaps in the public
transport coverage. This will also, help identify alternative
strategic actions for local governmentutilizing
the new mobility ideas.
OBJECTIVESThe goal of this activity is to help improve mobility
through the use of crowdsourcing (e.g. web-based,
mobile phone based) in mapping the transport hubs especially
informal ones and its related services in
Metro Manila.
Specifically, the activity aims to:
1. Generate transport-related data specifically public transport
terminals and hubs usingcrowdsourcing activity methods;
2. Translate the data generated from crowdsourcing into maps of
available web-based mappingapplications (e.g. Openstreet map and
Google map maker);
3.
Recommendation on the use of crowdsourcing as a method in
improving mapping, planning andpolicy design.
METHODOLOGY
The activity will explore the use of crowd-sourcing in mapping
transport terminals and hubs (bothformal and informal) in Metro
Manila. To ensure greater crowd and information, the Project plans
to
enter into agreement with selected NSTP classes of universities
in UP, La Salle, Ateneo and PUP.
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Moreover, collaborate with the transport sector leaders, and
MMDA for their employees as part of the
crowd.
Part of the activity is the creation of protocol in designing
crowdsourcing activities and explores its
applications using ICT platforms. Moreover, leverage possible
future collaborations with existing web
platforms (e.g. parasatabi.com, Openstreetmap, Googlemap), NGOs
(e.g. CAI Asia, Partnership for
Clean Air) and private sector led initiatives in transport (e.g.
Interaksyon.com).
The conceptual framework for this activity is presented
below.
EXPECTED OUTCOMESThe expected outcome of this activity is to
better policy and planning with most up-to-date information
and views of the stakeholders. Supported with crowd-sourced
information, the analysis from this activity
may provide avenues for identifying other factors that affect
mobility in Metro Manila. Through the
maps, it is envisaged to provide a snapshot of the key locations
of the public transport terminals and
hubs and the gaps of public transport coverage. Moreover,
identify alternative strategic actions for local
governmentutilizing the new mobility ideas.
CROWD-Transport/Communityleaders
-NSTP Students(Ateneo, UP,La Salle, PUP)
-MMDAemployees-General Public
Internet-based
Mobile phonebased
Encoding &processing of
validated data
Protocol forCrowd Sourcing
MappingApplications
Data Encodingand Processing of
temporary data
Examples:-Parasatabi.com-Openstreet map-Google map
Validation
Analysis &
evaluation
Web publication
of maps & data
Assessment of
Crowd Sourcing
-Legislative-Executive-Users
Recommendation
