Mapping for Inclusive Mobility: Mapping Public Transport Terminals, Hubs and Related Services A Crowdsourcing Activity Concept

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INTRODUCTION The Ateneo School of Governments iBoP Asia (Innovation for Inclusive Development) Programs project entitled Catalyzing New Mobility in Cities: The Case of Metro Manila will 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 that could 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 related services 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 government utilizing the new mobility ideas. OBJECTIVES The 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 using crowdsourcing activity methods; 2. Translate the data generated from crowdsourcing into maps of available web-based mapping applications (e.g. Openstreet map and Google map maker); 3. Recommendation on the use of crowdsourcing as a method in improving mapping, planning and policy design. METHODOLOGY The activity will explore the use of crowd-sourcing in mapping transport terminals and hubs (both formal 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.

iBoP Asia Program - New Mobility in Cities Project. Concept Note. Crowdsourcing to map public transport terminals and hubs in Metro Manila.

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.

CROWD - Transport/ Community leaders - NSTP Students (Ateneo, UP, La Salle, PUP) - MMDA employees - General Public

Internet-based Mobile phone based Protocol for Crowd Sourcing

Mapping Applications Examples: - Parasatabi.com - Openstreet map - Google map

Data Encoding and Processing of temporary data

Validation

Encoding & processing of validated data Analysis & evaluation Web publication of maps & data

Recommendation

Assessment of Crowd Sourcing

- Legislative - Executive - Users

EXPECTED OUTCOMES
The 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 government utilizing the new mobility ideas.

iBoP Asia Program - New Mobility in Cities Project. Concept Note. Crowdsourcing to map public transport terminals and hubs in Metro Manila.