Civic Technology and Mind Sets in Big Data
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Civic Technology and Mind Sets in Big Data
- 1. Civic Technology and Mind Sets in Big Data Andrew Nash GreenCityStreets.com Mind Sets Project Barcelona Workshop October 29, 2015
- 2. Outline • Civic Technology • Repor1ng • Analysis • Collabora1on • Ac1on • Outlook
- 4. Civic technology is technology that enables engagement or par1cipa1on of the public for good development, enhancing ci1zen communica1ons, improving government infrastructure, or generally making na1onal and local governments more effec1ve.* Data is the fundamental ingredient in civic technology. *Source: hDps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_technology
- 5. Repor:ng
- 6. CollecGng data is simple and ubiquitous • Social media • Repor1ng applica1ons • Sensor data (automa1c, e.g. from phone) … this is what we are talking about when we discuss “Big Data”… and it means lots more people are involved!
- 7. Chicago Transit Authority – TwiLer Feed
- 8. Zurich Public Transport Authority – Facebook Page
- 9. SeeClickFix page for San Francisco hDp://seeclickfix.com
- 10. Meine Radspur, Vienna hDp://www.meineradspur.at/ Tracking via sensor – in your smart phone.
- 11. Sensor-‐based data: Street Bump, Boston hDp://streetbump.org/ Find and report Potholes using smart phone accelerometer sensor.
- 14. Analysis
- 15. • (Smart) city data; • Applica1on data (e.g. Waze); • Ci1zen data (cheap sensors). … vastly improved compu2ng enables transport agencies – and “anyone” else – to analyze countless scenarios and develop precise transport plans. * So easy anyone could do it (open data)! Analyzing all this data is easy*
- 16. CiGzen developed applicaGons and visualizaGons from open data. Stumble Safely, Washington D.C. Open data mash-‐ups. Hackathons.
- 17. WayCount vehicle counter and soXware www.waycount.com Your own personal traffic counter. Cost: 200 Euros.
- 18. Smart CiGzen sensor and soXware hDp://www.smartci1zen.me/ Your own personal weather and environmental sensor.
- 19. Personal sensor data available on the Internet for all to analyse.
- 20. Design
- 21. • Educa1on – transport planning is complex; • BeDer processes – mee1ng management; • Increased engagement – more is beDer. … improving the quality of ideas, increasing the ability to implement and test new ideas, and helping build community spirit. CollaboraGon is becoming more efficient
- 22. Bus Meister game ! greencitystreets.com – Fun ! Learning
- 23. Ring Ride game ! ringstrasse150.com – Fun ! Advocacy
- 24. GreenCityStreets.com … Facebook-‐based collaboraGon
- 25. VisualizaGon ... Par1cipatory Chinatown Boston Using virtual reality to help understand city planning. hDp://www.par1cipatorychinatown.org/
- 26. VisualisaGon of street cross secGons... streetmix hDp://streetmix.net
- 27. San Francisco Mind Mixer website www.improveSF.com
- 28. Loomio – public infrastructure for collaboraGve decision making www.loomio.org -‐ please support their crowd funding effort!
- 29. Provide
- 30. Providing transport is becoming open • Informa1on via social networks (TwiDer real 1me); • Implementa1on via civic groups (596 Acres, Casserole); • Behaviour modifica1on (Chromaroma, Walk-‐a-‐Stop); • Crowd-‐sourced civic works (Spacehive, Kickstarter); • Service providers & sharing (Uber, BlahBlahCar, Bridj). … reducing the need for centralized transport planning and service provision.
- 31. InformaGon exchange and organisaGon … 596 Acres
- 32. 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 communi1es turn the issues they’re passionate about into ways to be more self-‐ sufficient and less invested in expensive public services.
- 34. Chromaroma game ! Fun ! Influence behaviour
- 35. Walk-‐a-‐Stop ! Info + Social Network ! Influence behaviour Human is an all-‐day ac1vity & calorie tracker that inspires you to move 30 minutes a day. AcGvity monitor (e.g., Human) + Public transport travel planner + Real Gme transport data (official / user) + Social networking = Walk-‐a-‐Stop Users receive push data when sta1ons are crowded sugges1ng they walk or bike one or two sta1ons. Ac1vity is rewarded (transit 1ckets), social networking provides info about good routes, interes1ng shops, companions to walk with, and/or system suggests, It’s a nice day why not walk?
- 36. Crowdfunding for civic improvements … Kickstarter
- 39. Uber “One of the most subtle underlying issues with the rise of Uber is the company’s slow siphoning of the poliGcal will to fix exis1ng – or build new – public transit infrastructure in major ci1es. … The people lee riding public transit become, increasingly, the ones with liDle or no poli1cal weight to demand improvements to the system.” MaD Buchanan, The Awl, hDp://www.theawl.com/2015/08/ubiquity
- 40. Outlook
- 41. The dilemma: How can these technological improvements and new services be harnessed for the public good? • Public-‐private partnerships? • Strong public benefit requirements? • Privacy requirements and data ownership? • Role of the market?
- 47. So, back to the dilemma: How can these technological improvements and new services be harnessed for the public good?
- 48. Andrew Nash develops engaging public par1cipa1on applica1ons and games designed to improve city live-‐ability and transport. • GreenCityStreets.com • Ringstrasse150.com • AndyNash.com