Transport, e-Participation and Health

Andrew  Nash  GreenCityStreets.com    1st  Interna8onal  Conference  on  Transport  &  Health  (ICTH)  

London  

July  6,  2015  

 

Why  do  we  need  be+er  par/cipa/on?  

•  Generates  beJer  ideas  Local  knowledge  and  new  perspec0ves.    

•  Builds  poli8cal  support  Especially  important  for  complex  projects.  

 

•  Creates  community  People  willing  to  act  to  improve  their  city.    

•  Makes  people  happy  People  want  to  help  …  seek  intrinsic  rewards.  

City  

OJakringer  

         And  …  happy  people  are  healthy  people:  

What  is  e-­‐par/cipa/on?  

•  Repor8ng  &  providing  input    •  Collec8ng  &  analysing  data  

•  Collabora8on      •  Doing  things  

SeeClickFix  page  for  San  Francisco                  h#p://seeclickfix.com    

Street  Bump,  Boston                        h#p://streetbump.org/  

Meine  Radspur,  Vienna          h#p://www.meineradspur.at/    

Smart  Ci8zen  sensor  and  soWware    h#p://www.smartci;zen.me/    

Loomio  –  public  infrastructure  for  collabora8ve  decision  making  www.loomio.org  -­‐  please  support  their  crowd  funding  effort!  

Visualisa8on  of  street  cross  sec8ons...  streetmix    

h#p://streetmix.net  

Crowdfunding  for  civic  improvements  …  Kickstarter  

Designing  passionate,  people-­‐powered  public  services    

Casserole  is  an  example  of  how  understanding  ci/zens  as  producers  as  well  as  consumers  leads  to  services  that  help  communi;es  turn  the  issues  they’re  passionate  about  into  ways  to  be  more  self-­‐sufficient  and  less  invested  in  expensive  public  services.    

Fun  and  Gamifica8on  

•  Gamifica;on  applies  the  fun  and  addic/ng  elements  in  games  to  real-­‐world  ac;vi;es.    

•  It  focuses  on  the  human  in  the  system,  as  opposed  to  pure  efficiency  of  the  system.  (Yu-­‐Kai  Chou)  

•  Games  improve  social  fabric  since  people  tend  to  like  people  be#er  aLer  playing  games  together  (Mc  Gonigal).    

•  Games  give  people  challenging  tasks  to  work  on  together  …  people  are  happier  when  working  hard.    

•  Games  provide  epic  meaning  (akin  to  real-­‐world  purpose).  

Ring  Ride  game  !  ringstrasse150.com  –  Fun  !  Advocacy  

Grr-­‐Grr-­‐Bike  game  !  grr-­‐grr-­‐bike.com  –  Fun  !  Learning  

Bus  Meister  game  !  greencitystreets.com  –  Fun  !  Learning  

Chromaroma  game  !  Fun  !  Influence  behaviour  

Walk-­‐a-­‐Stop  !  Info  +  Social  Network  !  Influence  behaviour  

Human  is  an  all-­‐day  ac;vity  &  calorie  tracker  that  inspires  you  to  move  30  minutes  a  day.  

Ac8vity  monitor  (e.g.,  Human)  +  

Public  transport  travel  planner  +  

Real  8me  transport  data  (official  /  user)  +  

Social  networking  =  

Walk-­‐a-­‐Stop  

Users  receive  push  data  when  sta;ons  are  crowded  sugges;ng  they  walk  or  bike  one  or  two  sta;ons.  Ac;vity  is  rewarded  (transit  ;ckets),  social  networking  provides  info  about  good  routes,  interes;ng  shops,  companions  to  walk  with,  and/or  system  suggests,  It’s  a  nice  day  why  not  walk?  

Summary  

1.  Civic  par;cipa;on  is  fundamental  for  crea/ng  healthy  people  and  communi;es.  

2.  Informa;on  technology  has  completely  changed  the  ability  of  people  to  par;cipate  in  all  aspects  of  government  (input,  analysis,  decision-­‐making,  ac;on).  

3. Government  must  embrace  this  change  or  someone  else  will.  

Andrew  Nash  develops  engaging  public  par;cipa;on  applica;ons  and  games  designed  to  improve  city  live-­‐ability  and  transport.    •  GreenCityStreets.com  •  Ringstrasse150.com  •  AndyNash.com