Serious game SprintCity Serious gaming to make TOD happen

Serious gaming met knooppuntontwikkeling

•Transit-Oriented Development

•Serious Gaming

•SprintCity

•Problem definition

•Methods

•Results

•Moving forward

Contents

Transit-Oriented Development

Transit-Oriented Development

Transit-Oriented Development

Transit-Oriented Development

TOD scheme for The Netherlands

Serious games

• generate shared knowledge and mutual understanding,

• integrate different sectors and disciplines,

• gather diverse stakeholders and knowledge sources,

• provide a platform for experiment and discussion.

Serious Gaming

•Ideal for governance issues

•Policy Learning

- Instrumental Policy Learning

- Social Policy Learning

•3 Learning effects

- Cognitive

- Affective

- Communicative

Serious Gaming

How can serious game SprintCity contribute to policy making for TOD?

Problem definition

SprintCity

SprintCity

•SprintCity serious game sessions

•Government officials invited

•Triangulated

– Observation of 3 sessions

– Questionnaires (n = 28)

– Semi-structured interviews (n = 12)

Methods

Cognitive learning effects

Results

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Understanding the mathematical model of SprintCity

Awareness of the infrastructural plans around trainstations

Perspective on TOD changed

Awareness of different solutions for TOD

Understanding the relation between accessibility and urban planning

Awareness of suitable urban developments in stationarea's

Awareness of mutual influence of decisions on different administrative scales

Understanding the effectivity of (policy) instruments for controlling TOD

Understanding long term development of nodes

Understanding the process of TOD

Understanding the interconnectedness of urban developments in transportnetwork

Image of TOD enriched

Awareness of mutual influence of decisions of different actors

Awareness of the urban plans around trainstations

strongly agree

agree

no meaning

Disagree

strongly disagree

Affective learning effects

Results

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

TOD is valuable

Interest for TOD

Support outcomes

Like to play SprintCity again

Motivating game

Fun game

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agree

no meaning

Disagree

strongly disagree

Communicative learning effects

Results

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Shared vision

Feel empathy for others

Trust others more

Understanding each others interests

Getting to know each other

Higher tolerance for each others decisions

Consensus

Higher connectedness with each other

Better collaboration

Sharing knowledge

Better communication

Honest with each other

Discussion with each other

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Disagree

strongly disagree

Conclusions

• Confirmed familiarity with concept of TOD

• So: cognitive learning effects relatively small

• Affective & communicative effects larger

• SprintCity not a tool for agenda-setting

• But for engaging with each other in complex governance situation

• Understanding not only what TOD is, but how various parties have to cooperate to make it happen

• Already over 30 simulation sessions with stakeholders

•Two corridors developed with real-life data: - Leiden – Schiphol - The Hague – Rotterdam

•Two corridors in progress with real data and stakeholders: - Province of Utrecht - City Region Arnhem-Nijmegen

•SprintCity as planning support system

Moving forward

SprintCity development corridor Utrecht – Rhenen (in progress)

• Real ambitions and targets for urban development are incorporated, as well as restrictions

• Relevant economic scenario’s are applied (real estate market)

• Stakeholders participate, discuss TOD with each other and share their ambitions and knowledge

• Some stakeholders are afraid that new insights may hamper existing plans

• Some stakeholders do not want to participate

• Follow-up: unclear what will happen after learning

Moving forward

•Questions?

•Could SprintCity be applied in your city?

End

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