In this white paper, we discuss the four most pressing areas in transportation that require industry-wide innovation and how the crowd can be a resource to solve concerns in these areas:
- Traveler Experience
- Costs
- Security and Safety
- Technology
No Hands: The Autonomous Future of TruckingCognizant
The impacts of autonomous trucking will reverberate far beyond the trucking industry. As members of the workforce, public policy proponents, technology strategists and business leaders grapple with the technological, economic and cultural fall-out of self-driving trucks, what happens next could serve as a template for other fields influenced by AI.
Future of autonomous vehicles final report ppt - may 2020Future Agenda
The Future of Autonomous Vehicles
The dream of self-driving vehicles has been a long time coming. It is however now within reach and the pressure is on the deliver on the vision. With sustained technology development, increased investment and raising public awareness, there is enormous interest in the imminent mainstream use of autonomous vehicles on the streets.
Although approaches vary from around the world, policy makers and urban planners in leading locations are now seeking to collaborate more with manufacturers, mobility providers, tech suppliers, logistics operators in order to align regulation for testing and mass deployment. And it goes both ways.
The investments being made in autonomy have rapidly shifted from millions to billions, so unsurprisingly those public and private organisations that are providing the funds are keen to ensure that the ROI is credible. There is much to play for and, although there has been substantial progress over recent years, significant questions on safety, social impact, business models and performance are still unanswered.
The Future of Autonomous Vehicles project was undertaken to canvas the views of a wide range of experts from around the world in order to create a clearer, informed global perspective of how autonomy will evolve over the next decade. Beginning with a discussion with government officials just outside Shanghai in July 2018 and ending with leaders from across the US autonomous vehicle community in the hills above Silicon Valley in February of 2020, this project has covered a lot of ground. In all, eight workshops and six additional discussions have engaged with hundreds of different opinions, shared perspectives and built considered future pathways.
This presentation of the final report is a synthesis of many voices and opinions on the likely future of autonomous vehicles. We hope that is useful.
Full project details are available on the dedicated mini site www.futureautonomous.org
Allianz Risk Pulse: The Future of Individual MobilityOpen Knowledge
The nature of mobility is changing at incredible speed.
Ongoing trends like urbanization, rising fuel costs, environmental
consciousness, an aging society and digitalization
have influenced mobility highly and will continue to do so in
the future. Today’s consumers behave in a different way than
even a few years ago and the car is losing its relevance as a
status symbol.
Driver Turnover & the Advent of Autonomous Vehicles in TruckingChristopher Ferrell
The national rate of driver turnover in the long-haul segment has remained near or exceeded 100% annually for several decades now. The ATRI and IHS both agree that significant impact on the trucking industry arising from autonomous trucks within the U.S. is likely decades away. Motor carriers stand to benefit in a number of ways by acknowledging that there are accessible measures that should be taken in the interim in order to improve operations. They can take advantage of the appeal surrounding the development of autonomous truck technology, improve the work-life experience at their firm, and become more profitable.
No Hands: The Autonomous Future of TruckingCognizant
The impacts of autonomous trucking will reverberate far beyond the trucking industry. As members of the workforce, public policy proponents, technology strategists and business leaders grapple with the technological, economic and cultural fall-out of self-driving trucks, what happens next could serve as a template for other fields influenced by AI.
Future of autonomous vehicles final report ppt - may 2020Future Agenda
The Future of Autonomous Vehicles
The dream of self-driving vehicles has been a long time coming. It is however now within reach and the pressure is on the deliver on the vision. With sustained technology development, increased investment and raising public awareness, there is enormous interest in the imminent mainstream use of autonomous vehicles on the streets.
Although approaches vary from around the world, policy makers and urban planners in leading locations are now seeking to collaborate more with manufacturers, mobility providers, tech suppliers, logistics operators in order to align regulation for testing and mass deployment. And it goes both ways.
The investments being made in autonomy have rapidly shifted from millions to billions, so unsurprisingly those public and private organisations that are providing the funds are keen to ensure that the ROI is credible. There is much to play for and, although there has been substantial progress over recent years, significant questions on safety, social impact, business models and performance are still unanswered.
The Future of Autonomous Vehicles project was undertaken to canvas the views of a wide range of experts from around the world in order to create a clearer, informed global perspective of how autonomy will evolve over the next decade. Beginning with a discussion with government officials just outside Shanghai in July 2018 and ending with leaders from across the US autonomous vehicle community in the hills above Silicon Valley in February of 2020, this project has covered a lot of ground. In all, eight workshops and six additional discussions have engaged with hundreds of different opinions, shared perspectives and built considered future pathways.
This presentation of the final report is a synthesis of many voices and opinions on the likely future of autonomous vehicles. We hope that is useful.
Full project details are available on the dedicated mini site www.futureautonomous.org
Allianz Risk Pulse: The Future of Individual MobilityOpen Knowledge
The nature of mobility is changing at incredible speed.
Ongoing trends like urbanization, rising fuel costs, environmental
consciousness, an aging society and digitalization
have influenced mobility highly and will continue to do so in
the future. Today’s consumers behave in a different way than
even a few years ago and the car is losing its relevance as a
status symbol.
Driver Turnover & the Advent of Autonomous Vehicles in TruckingChristopher Ferrell
The national rate of driver turnover in the long-haul segment has remained near or exceeded 100% annually for several decades now. The ATRI and IHS both agree that significant impact on the trucking industry arising from autonomous trucks within the U.S. is likely decades away. Motor carriers stand to benefit in a number of ways by acknowledging that there are accessible measures that should be taken in the interim in order to improve operations. They can take advantage of the appeal surrounding the development of autonomous truck technology, improve the work-life experience at their firm, and become more profitable.
Are Airports Being Taken For a Ride? How new transportation technologies will...nate0
Airports have become increasingly reliant on revenues from parking and rental car concessions, but ride hailing services and self-driving cars may fundamentally alter how consumers get to and from the airport. With the advent of transportation as a service, airports may soon find themselves facing annual declines in revenues, challenging their ability to finance new infrastructure and operations.
Digital disruption and the future of the automotive industryPeter Tutty
Digital services centered on increasingly empowered consumers will bring disruption to the automotive industry.
Economic value within this industry and across adjacent markets will be forever altered. In a world where the future is far from certain, automotive companies will need to develop new core capabilities to survive.
What is going to happen next and how to respond? Download the report or explore the infographic, below.
There are great expectations around the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs) and equally much uncertainty. Some believe that AVs will transform safety and efficiency and are making significant investments in this area. Others are concerned that the technological developments are outpacing society’s ability to adapt, and there is an urgent requirement to develop better regulation before there is widespread deployment. A global Open Foresight project exploring the key issues for the future of AVs is being undertaken by Future Agenda. Expert workshops around the world are building the informed view.
This project was kicked-off with a global review of the emerging landscape for autonomous vehicles. As well looking at the historical context for self-driving cars and trucks, this initial perspective explores the benefits of AVs; different issues for the movement of people vs. goods; the three primary drivers of adoption and the primary centres for innovation. It also includes commentary on the parallel developments in seaborne and air-based autonomous vehicles. It ends with some of the key questions to be explored by the project.
Nueva "Economía de Pasajeros" va a ser estimulada, en multimillonaria cifra, ...Emisor Digital
Los resultados de un nuevo estudio que explora el potencial económico cuando los conductores de la actualidad se conviertan en pasajeros con tiempo libre, reveló la compañía tecnológica multinacional Intel Corporation. Conceptualmente se le conoce como “Economía de Pasajeros”, y según lo informado por la consultora Strategy Analytics predice una explosiva trayectoria económica, que pasará de $ 800 mil millones en 2035 a $ 7 billones en 2050.
Future of autonomous vehicles interim report summary - 29 august 2019-compr...Future Agenda
The Future of Autonomous Vehicles
Throughout 2019 we are undertaking a series of expert workshops around the world exploring the future of autonomous vehicles. To date 5 discussions have taken place in Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Singapore, Wellington and Melbourne.
This is the summary of a detailed interim report which is being shared from September 8th on www.futureautonomous.org
Additional events are taking place during Q4 of 2019 ahead of the release of a final report.
Autonomous Driving (AD) has been said to be the next big disruptive innovation in the years to come. Considered as being predominantly technology driven, it is supposed to have massive societal impact in areas such as insurance, laws and regulations, logistics, automotive industry as well as all types of transportation methods, not only expected to have an enormous environmental and economic effect but also offer the possibility of saving millions of lives worldwide.
HYVE Science Labs, in cooperation with the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg and INSIUS have developed the unique worldwide study “Autonomous Driving: The User Perspective” focused on the customer view and acceptance of Autonomous Driving. The study analyses 106,305 comments on Autonomous Driving publicly posted in English on the Internet, finding a more positive than negative attitude towards this new technology in contrast to the most renowned surveys in the field. The focus was placed in the understanding of customer acceptance, a topic that until now under an Autonomous Driving context is limited. While a survey with more than 200 experts on autonomous vehicles by the IEEE (2014), the world's largest professional association for the advancement of technology, defines that the three biggest obstacles to reach the mass adoption of driverless cars are legal liability, policymakers and customer acceptance. Therefore it is essential to start understanding and integrating customers in order to build deep and meaningful customer insights which can be used to deliver the products they want and need. Furthermore it is important to understand the wants and needs of future users and who will the early adopters will be. They will influence how technologies evolve and if they provide enough benefits to reach the early majority.
Innovative Web Monitoring Technologies, User Generated Content (UGC) and the method of Innovation Mining were used within an Autonomous Driving context to understand user’s debate on the Internet. UGC is characterized by extensive volunteering effort, lack of central control and freedom of expression, while creating a basis for identifying and understanding opinions, desires, tastes, needs and decision-making influences of customers in a passive non-intrusive manner. UGC is perceived as being impartial and unbiased, while giving the chance to understand needs and doubts of the potential customers, as well as the used language within a certain topic. The method of Innovation Mining presented below reflects the process from the search for the UGC until the possible visualization and interpretation of the gained information.
• Analysis of the users language within an AD context
• Most relevant single sources of discussion
• Topic evolution including most impactful events
• Brand importance in the users perspective
• Most mentioned activities in an AD vehicle
• In depth language analysis of concepts and their drivers
Are Airports Being Taken For a Ride? How new transportation technologies will...nate0
Airports have become increasingly reliant on revenues from parking and rental car concessions, but ride hailing services and self-driving cars may fundamentally alter how consumers get to and from the airport. With the advent of transportation as a service, airports may soon find themselves facing annual declines in revenues, challenging their ability to finance new infrastructure and operations.
Digital disruption and the future of the automotive industryPeter Tutty
Digital services centered on increasingly empowered consumers will bring disruption to the automotive industry.
Economic value within this industry and across adjacent markets will be forever altered. In a world where the future is far from certain, automotive companies will need to develop new core capabilities to survive.
What is going to happen next and how to respond? Download the report or explore the infographic, below.
There are great expectations around the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs) and equally much uncertainty. Some believe that AVs will transform safety and efficiency and are making significant investments in this area. Others are concerned that the technological developments are outpacing society’s ability to adapt, and there is an urgent requirement to develop better regulation before there is widespread deployment. A global Open Foresight project exploring the key issues for the future of AVs is being undertaken by Future Agenda. Expert workshops around the world are building the informed view.
This project was kicked-off with a global review of the emerging landscape for autonomous vehicles. As well looking at the historical context for self-driving cars and trucks, this initial perspective explores the benefits of AVs; different issues for the movement of people vs. goods; the three primary drivers of adoption and the primary centres for innovation. It also includes commentary on the parallel developments in seaborne and air-based autonomous vehicles. It ends with some of the key questions to be explored by the project.
Nueva "Economía de Pasajeros" va a ser estimulada, en multimillonaria cifra, ...Emisor Digital
Los resultados de un nuevo estudio que explora el potencial económico cuando los conductores de la actualidad se conviertan en pasajeros con tiempo libre, reveló la compañía tecnológica multinacional Intel Corporation. Conceptualmente se le conoce como “Economía de Pasajeros”, y según lo informado por la consultora Strategy Analytics predice una explosiva trayectoria económica, que pasará de $ 800 mil millones en 2035 a $ 7 billones en 2050.
Future of autonomous vehicles interim report summary - 29 august 2019-compr...Future Agenda
The Future of Autonomous Vehicles
Throughout 2019 we are undertaking a series of expert workshops around the world exploring the future of autonomous vehicles. To date 5 discussions have taken place in Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Singapore, Wellington and Melbourne.
This is the summary of a detailed interim report which is being shared from September 8th on www.futureautonomous.org
Additional events are taking place during Q4 of 2019 ahead of the release of a final report.
Autonomous Driving (AD) has been said to be the next big disruptive innovation in the years to come. Considered as being predominantly technology driven, it is supposed to have massive societal impact in areas such as insurance, laws and regulations, logistics, automotive industry as well as all types of transportation methods, not only expected to have an enormous environmental and economic effect but also offer the possibility of saving millions of lives worldwide.
HYVE Science Labs, in cooperation with the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg and INSIUS have developed the unique worldwide study “Autonomous Driving: The User Perspective” focused on the customer view and acceptance of Autonomous Driving. The study analyses 106,305 comments on Autonomous Driving publicly posted in English on the Internet, finding a more positive than negative attitude towards this new technology in contrast to the most renowned surveys in the field. The focus was placed in the understanding of customer acceptance, a topic that until now under an Autonomous Driving context is limited. While a survey with more than 200 experts on autonomous vehicles by the IEEE (2014), the world's largest professional association for the advancement of technology, defines that the three biggest obstacles to reach the mass adoption of driverless cars are legal liability, policymakers and customer acceptance. Therefore it is essential to start understanding and integrating customers in order to build deep and meaningful customer insights which can be used to deliver the products they want and need. Furthermore it is important to understand the wants and needs of future users and who will the early adopters will be. They will influence how technologies evolve and if they provide enough benefits to reach the early majority.
Innovative Web Monitoring Technologies, User Generated Content (UGC) and the method of Innovation Mining were used within an Autonomous Driving context to understand user’s debate on the Internet. UGC is characterized by extensive volunteering effort, lack of central control and freedom of expression, while creating a basis for identifying and understanding opinions, desires, tastes, needs and decision-making influences of customers in a passive non-intrusive manner. UGC is perceived as being impartial and unbiased, while giving the chance to understand needs and doubts of the potential customers, as well as the used language within a certain topic. The method of Innovation Mining presented below reflects the process from the search for the UGC until the possible visualization and interpretation of the gained information.
• Analysis of the users language within an AD context
• Most relevant single sources of discussion
• Topic evolution including most impactful events
• Brand importance in the users perspective
• Most mentioned activities in an AD vehicle
• In depth language analysis of concepts and their drivers
UofT Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab - Innovation & Team BuildingWayne Pau
Introduction Industry Speaker presentation on the latest Software Innovation and how to Build a Team.
University of Toronto Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab
May 14, 2015 - Earth Science (ESB142)
Creating jobs through innovation:
With the millennium development goals in mind, our idea is to use cleaner energy to create jobs in rural areas and reduce poverty and unemployment.
Building a prototype structure that is portable, durable and cost effective, using solar power and LP gas. The main function of this structure will be to prepare food for the end consumer.
This prototype/structure can be sold to the end customer, governments or any organisation who deals with poverty alleviation.
This prototype/structure will create jobs, in the sense that it will drive entrepreneurship and social upliftment in the rural areas of Sub Saharan Africa.
Hypothesis:
Innovation4 Sustainable Development = Product + Social Impact + Community Acceptance
Presentation provide Sarvodaya-Fusion's experiences (success stories, and work-in-progress) with telecentres, and mobile phone applications.
Digital Transportation Exchange (DTE) Presentationnvpradhan
The Digital Transportation Exchange (DTE) would connect citizens, businesses, state and local governments, industry, entrepreneurs, researchers, and investors though a public private partnership like never before—creating a thriving marketplace for transportation solutions.
Idea # 1: What if it was easy to drive with other people?
Idea # 2: What if car sharing was done more often?
Idea # 3: What if parking a car in cities was easy?
Idea # 4: What if it easy for people to help each other bring things from A to B?
Idea # 5: What if more cars were small, light, and inexpensive?
Idea # 6: What if cars were environmentally friendly?
Idea # 7: What if cars could sail and/or fly?
Idea # 8: How can cities become more bicycle friendly?
Доклад Александра Головизнина на конференции HeavyRussia 2015
Проект строительства спецпричала для доставки тяжеловесов в Череповце для нужд АО «ФосАгро-Череповец»
АО «ФосАгро-Череповец» специализируется на производстве различных видов минеральных удобрений.
Планы развития компании достаточно амбициозны – к 2017 г. планируется увеличить мощности по выпуску удобрений примерно на четверть. Для этой цели строится агрегат аммиака мощностью 2200 т/сутки – Аммиак-3 и производства по его переработке в минеральные удобрения: агрегаты гранулированного карбамида мощностью 500 тыс. т в год и сульфата аммония – 300 тыс. т в год.
Для строительства новых мощностей необходима доставка уникального крупногабаритного и тяжеловесного оборудования. Всего для обеспечения проекта должно быть завезено 96 единиц крупногабаритных и тяжеловесных грузов, а вес самого тяжелого места составляет 650 т.
Доставка оборудования планируется речным транспортом, с использованием сухогрузных судов класса «река-мо¬ре» типа «Волга».
В качестве основного перегрузочного оборудования на причале предусмат-ривается работа гусеничных кранов типа LR 1750 (модификация SDB) с рабочей гру¬зоподъемностью 171-731 т при длине стрелы 42 м на вылетах от 8 до 40 м.
Подоб¬ные краны используются как на грузовых операциях с тяжеловесами, так и на мон¬таж¬ных работах, в том числе и при спаренной работе.
Особенностью работы данных кранов в порту является возможность допол¬ни-тельного использования при работе с тяжеловесами, кроме конструктивного проти-во¬веса (220 т), также и дополнительного противовеса – «суперлифта». Вес балласта суперлифта может достигать 400 т.
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Moving Forward: Harnessing data to improve business outcomes in travel and tr...Susanna Harper
Smarter transportation can improve customer service, operate more efficiently, and assure safety. IBM is helping clients in all modes of travel and transportation harness their data using the power of analytics to address these challenges.
The technology is in place to build more efficient, convenient and safer transport solutions. But there will be challenges to overcome, in terms of industry cooperation and trust on a sharing ecosystem.
Connectivity is causing a shift in business models from products to services, with data being the key asset affecting this change. As such, the transport industry is experiencing a seismic shift in technology, regulation and user behavior, which will force all key actors to reassess their business models.
Connectivity has already started to make an impact in the world of transport. The first phase focused on transactional connectivity, where data would be sent in the case of a traffic incident. Now, the focus of the second phase is on being connected, including sending and receiving data, and the ability to share it between companies and industries.
The technology is in place to build more efficient, convenient and safer transport solutions based on passenger vehicle-centric ecosystems. But there will be challenges to overcome, in terms of cooperating with new partners from different industries, gaining user trust, ensuring quality, reliability and security of data and controlling its flow in a highly shared environment. This paper takes a closer look at these challenges, and what will be required to move past them.
Connected Shipping: Riding the Wave of E-CommerceCognizant
Digital platforms, applications and processes are rapidly changing how shipping and transportation companies operate. Our primary research study confirmed that while acknowledging the importance of a Web-based business model, many shipping companies are proceeding cautiously. Based on our analysis of the e-commerce market and the approaches that some companies are taking, we have defined a maturity framework to help shippers better assess their current capabilities and plan ahead.
The importance of the Car hauling industry for safe and efficient vehicle transportation is Ongoing transformative changes in the car-hauling industry due to advancing technology and changing consumer demands. Explore the emerging trends and innovations shaping the future of car hauling.
It is important to understand the role of transporting vehicles from manufacturers to dealerships and consumers. We explore the advancements in technology driving transformative changes, meeting increasing consumer demands, safe and efficient vehicle transportation, and future-shaping trends and innovations in the car-hauling industry.
Naeem Farooqi Exhibiting Proficiency in Zero-Emission Mobility.pdfCIO Look Magazine
Naeem Farooqi is the Founder of FleetZerois a global start-up in consulting and engineering across the fleet energy transition
Read More: https://ciolook.com/naeem-farooqi-exhibiting-proficiency-in-zero-emission-mobility/
Digital Fitness | A Prerequisite for Logistics SuccessXeneta
Growth in global trade has shown an upward trend since the mid-eighties till about 2008 at which time the growth stage flat lined creating stagnation for the industry. This stagnation has affected all players in the industry alike – shipping lines, 3PL/4PL service providers, ship-owners etc. Now what?
100%Open - Autumn Union - feat. Department for Transport - "Digital Mobility:...David Simoes-Brown
On Wednesday 11th September, 100%Open and Department for Transport joined forces to present an open innovation topic in the transport sector - digital mobility. Our Speakers included, Meera Nayyar, Passenger Experience Team Leader at DfT, David Rajan, (Founder & Chairman at Centaur) Alex Shapland-Howes (Co-founder of Tandem) and Amit Tzur (Consultant at Deloitte), Warwick Goodall (Partner at PA Consulting) Craig Nelson ( Business Development Director at Swiftly) Richard Mason (Information Manager at Transport for the North) Ian Wright (Head of Innovation and Partnerships at Transport Focus) and Daniel Hobbs ( Principal Technologist).
Changes in technology, society, and the seemingly never-ending trend of rising educational costs are culminating in a rapid transformation across the entire educational sector. Enrollments continue to decline for the fourth straight year according to the National Student Clearinghouse.1 Innovation that extends beyond research laboratories, special assignments and competitions is needed to reverse this trend.
In this White Paper, learn how implementing an innovation program can improve student enrollment and retention, reduce costs and improve faculty and staff productivity.
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is the first collegiate business school and has the largest and one of the most published business school faculty, with over 250 standing and associate members across 11 academic departments. In 2010 the Office of the Dean created a new faculty group to foster innovation within the Wharton School.
Read about The Wharton School's:
- innovation tournaments that generate a large number of concepts of ideas from individuals and create new campaigns benefiting Wharton
- "Why Choose Wharton" campaign, that asked faculty and students to submit ideas that improved Wharton's branding and strategic positioning
Case Study: Veterans Health Administration IdeaScale
In 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Health Administration launched an online campaign that encouraged VA employees to discuss what improvements could be implemented in order to benefit veterans’ health.
Read more about how VA used Ideascale to generate over 4,000 ideas, increase employee collaboration, and gain deeper insight into the values of the department's employees.
The University of Vermont’s Office of Sustainability aims to foster sustainable development and promote environmental responsibility at every level of the university. In 2010, the Office of Sustainability launched an initiative to incorporate collective intelligence and idea management into the Office’s processes and began by seeking out ideas for their Clean Energy Fund.
Read more about how the University of Vermont increased user participation by 72% through changing their submission process and received 68 new ideas from students to help create a greener campus.
In Spring of 2013, The Ottawa Public Library and IdeaScale launched their first online engagement or crowdsourcing initiative as part of their efforts to understand what residents of Ottawa, and Library staff, were looking for in the library of tomorrow.
Read more about how Ottawa Public Library:
- created a parallel campaign for both the public and staff/management
- launched a promotion strategy that led to 14,750 participants, 2,800 ideas,1,391 comments, and 27,070 votes
OpenMaps is a mobile application that displays and edits open map data of OpenStreetMap.org, the free editable map of the whole world. In early 2010, OpenMaps introduced the Ideascale iPhone feedback widget as part of the OpenMaps iPhone application in order to track bugs and feedback from within the application itself.
Discover tips and strategies for using in-app feedback to increase quantity and quality of user feedback, prioritize ideas for implementation, and engage users.
In order to remain a leading IT provider, NIIT Tech instituted a program utilizing the IdeaScale platform that empowered employees with idea suggestion and evaluation capabilities. The primary aim was to uplift service levels of the company.
Learn how NIIT used Ideascale to increase customer loyalty and develop new partnerships.
In 2013, Making All Voices Count launched the “Global Innovation Competition” which challenged a global audience to design a solution that would improve governments’ responsiveness and accountability to citizens. The competition was unique in that anyone – from organization to average citizens - no matter where they were in the world was welcome to apply to win the grand prize of £65,000.
Learn how MAVC:
- set up the competition within a short period of time and collected over 60,000 votes in the first round
- used the Ideascale platform to conduct a peer review exercise for the 30 semi-finalists
- identified the winning idea, which improved the delivery of government services to those who needed them most
Case Study: Environmental Protection AgencyIdeaScale
The Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States responsible with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. In 2010, the EPA wanted to engage groups of people within the agency to start working collaboratively in the research planning process.
Read more about EPA's method for achieving these results:
- leveraged IdeaScale to identify 10 priorities to vote on for funding research and labs
- saw 26 ideas generated by 319 staff members, with 1595 votes and 173 comments
- identified urgent needs related to water and were able to allocate proper funding for research grants as well as research labs
In October 2009, the City of Ottawa conducted an Employee Engagement Survey. The purpose was to identify the areas that could help improve job satisfaction and commitment for City employees. The following were identified as areas requiring improvement by the Organizational Performance and Development (ODP) group:
• Interaction with Supervisors
• Managing Workload
• Organizational Value
• Career Growth and Development
Learn how the City of Ottawa:
- cultivated the best ideas possible by providing employees with the opportunity to learn about each of the issues so they could provide informed input in the form of sharing new ideas or voting on others' ideas
- received over 80% participation with an average of greater than one idea per employee
Huntsville, Alabama is one of the most recognized cities in the Southeast - named as one of the best places to live and work by a variety of national publications and recognized as a premier location for both business and quality of life. Recently, Forbes named Huntsville one of the nation’s Top 10 Places for Business and Careers. In 2012, the City of Huntsville launched a citizen engagement campaign that solicited public feedback on subjects such as park revitalization and improvements to the historic district. It served as an online town hall and was used to make numerous decisions about city planning.
Learn how the City of Huntsville:
- launched the BIG Picture, an 18-month comprehensive master urban planning initiative that would shape the future of Huntsville for decades to come
- fostered dialogue within the community that was valuable, respectful, and appreciated by citizens
- validated and fast-tracked issues in the planning phase
The Cheesecake Factory is an upscale casual dining concept that features nearly 200 menu items. In Spring of 2012, Grand Lux Cafe (a restaurant in the same brand family) wanted a way to tap into to its rich network of employee knowledge to find new ways to differentiate the Grand Lux brand, streamline business and save the company money, and continue to deliver a higher touch of service to their guests.
Learn how The Cheesecake Factory:
- utilized monetary and recognition-based rewards to incentivize participation
- inspired 1/6 employees to participate, even though the program was not mandatory
- customized the Ideascale platform to facilitate brand unity with the Grand Lux Cafe
- captured winning ideas that increased restaurant efficiency and saved the company over $200,000
On October 21st, IdeaScale hosted a webinar featuring Vivek Bhaskaran, IdeaScale Founder, Pat Younge (former BBC Exec) and Herman Gyr of EDG who presented the value of programmatic innovation and the methodology of COSTAR which helps develop ideas from initial inspirations into business plans.
Presentation: Creating a Culture of InnovationIdeaScale
IdeaScale hosted guest speaker Joe Brummer from Community Mediation, Inc. for a workshop addressing one of innovation’s most common challenges: creating a culture that is conducive to innovation and innovative ideas. Brummer introduces communication tactics that have been successfully applied in other IdeaScale innovation programs. View the webinar recording here: http://youtu.be/OzMt-WEYO9Y
On July 1, IdeaScale hosted a webinar featuring Norm Jacknis, Director of Program Development, who reviewed the benefits of citizen engagement initiatives, the challenges that could limit the success of citizen engagement campaigns, and some tips for ensuring a successful engagement.
Presentation: Harnessing the Collective Wisdom of the CrowdIdeaScale
On Tuesday April 29th, CEO of Totem and IdeaScale Advisory Services Partner, Suzan Briganti introduced numerous methods of crowd data analysis, including an introduction to innovation analysis, insight & concept development overviews, and methods of insight validation. Learn more about crowd wisdom in this webinar recording.
Presentation: IT Innovation Crisis - Getting to the Culture of YesIdeaScale
On April 4th, 2014, Vivek Bhaskaran delivered a presentation at Interop 2014 about improving IT innovation culture by sharing innovation and cultural best practices having to do with communication tactics, open innovation strategies, and overcoming biases.
IdeaScale has developed a simple, applicable methodology that can be tailored to any open innovation community. Learn how the process of COLLECT, SELECT, ASSESS, and DELIVER can serve your community today.
51% of all current crowdsourcing activities are dedicated to creativity and knowledge sharing and almost 57% of people talk more online than they do in real life. Learn how to make that conversation into organizational change with the IdeaScale methodology.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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2.
Ten years ago, the thought of real-time
navigation apps, bike shares, and levitating
high speed trains were all but science
fiction. Yet, as technology has become more
sophisticated, these once-radical ideas are
now a reality.
In 2010, the Port Authority of Allegheny
County (PAT) and the city of Pittsburgh, PA
took a devastating hit. A combined $50
Million deficit and a lack of transportation
funding on the state level resulted in a 35% cut to its public transportation routes along with
500 of its employees.1
County residents responded with frustration and anger. Allegheny
County is home to 1.2 million residents and an additional 95,000 students, almost half of
whom ride the bus.1
Pittsburgh's landscape — a mix of circuitous city planning and suburban
sprawl – is not ideal for a largely, pedestrian blue-collar town making public transportation a
necessity among residents. In spite of meetings and protests, the cuts were carried out and
left many commuters stranded or unaware of how to navigate the limited bus routes. This is
how fast and impactful any sort of change in the transportation industry can be.
Within that same year, Tiramisu was born—a crowdsourcing app born out of a dire need to
answer one question, “when is the bus coming?” The app was developed by researchers within
the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Public Transportation, a
federally-funded joint initiative between Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the
University of Buffalo.2
By utilizing the GPS signal on your phone, the app prompted riders to
report when and if the bus arrived and whether it was overcrowded or empty. This reportage
created a crowd-powered tool that provided useful information in predicting the arrival of
your designated bus. The app not only gained the recognition of the Federal Department of
Transportation, but it also helped to change the landscape of PAT's website. The increased
functionality of the website is in part due to the progressive domino effect that occurs when
technology demands shift and customer needs are better promoted.
In this white paper, we will discuss the four most pressing areas that require industry-wide
innovation and how the crowd can be a resource to solve concerns in those areas.
2INNOVATION IN TRANSPORTATION
Introduction
3.
3INNOVATION IN TRANSPORTATION
The evolution of PAT’s infrastructure is not unique to Pittsburgh, PA. Whether the focus is
public transportation, air travel, or trucking, we can expect the transportation industry to
sustain periods of disruptive change. As these changes persist, the transportation must
continue to innovate in order to maintain cost efficiency, competition, and sustainability.
The areas most receptive to this approach are the traveler experience, cost estimation,
security, and technology.
Traveler Experience
The traveler experience is one of the most crucial aspects of the transportation industry.
Reaching your customer and selling to them can be any transportation organization’s
largest expense. That said, a loyal customer can increase your profits tenfold. The ubiquity
of social media is a blessing and a curse, as it creates numerous outlets for customer
feedback. In turn, both satisfied and dissatisfied travelers have the ability to have their
voice heard, shared, and documented. Thus, it is in a company’s best interest to work to
exceed traveler satisfaction. There are three factors driving this trend: an increase in
customer expectations, an increase in competition among transportation companies, and
an increase in public sector interest in improving transportation.3
Traffic jams and delays
through public transportation and highways increase traveler frustration while decreasing
productivity and competitiveness of cities. How can local governments and commercial
companies smartly invest in their mass transit systems and improve their constituents’
satisfaction?
One industry where customer service proves to be vital is the airline industry. In a time
when fuel prices are low and the economy is improving, more and more people are flying.
However, profits are still low. The profit margin for most carriers is less than three
percent.4
Improving customer service can be a cost-effective way of attracting and
keeping customers. For example, Ryanair, a budget European budget airline, is notorious
for their terrible customer service and traveler complaints. One year ago, CEO, Michael
O’Leary, stated that although profits continued to rise, their current business model with
no regards to customer service was unsustainable. Since this public admission, “Ryanair
has implemented a number of measures to improve its image and address the impact that
poor customer service has had on sales.”4
An increased focus on customer service was a
significant cultural change for Ryanair, but proved to be sustainable in the long-run.
4.
4STAYING PROFITABLE, INNOVATIVE, AND RELEVANT: THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
As we discussed in our introduction, high costs present a real, measurable concern in both
the private and public sectors of transportation. Often times, improving a product or a
system includes a sizable investment by a firm. Yet, creating a new hard product might not
always be the right solution. It is unrealistic for a city that is dealing with heavy traffic to go
out and build more roads every time there is a traffic jam. Likewise, an airline carrier
cannot develop a new plane model every year. Alternatively, cutting costs may not prove
to be a sustainable long-term business model. This approach is most often executed in
mass lay-offs.5
This might prove to work in the short term, but more often than not, it
sacrifices quality and morale.
The better solution is for organizations to minimize their costs, while maintaining
efficiency, effectiveness, and a more sustainable strategy. Solutions for lowering costs can
include investing in technologies, talent, and analytics. These may be more expensive on
the front end, but prove to be valuable throughout its lifecycle. The Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS), created
through the Department of
Transportation (DOT) Research and
Innovative Technology Administration,
works to “advance transportation
safety, mobility, and environmental
sustainability through electronic and
information technology applications.”5
This initiative has led to improvements
in red light cameras, ramp meters, and
traffic signal coordination. In 2009, the
electronic toll collectors installed by ITS
reported more than $1 billion per year in
mobility benefits. These mobility
benefits which can be measured in
both dollars and quality of life far
outweigh the initial cost DOT
invested in their newest innovations.
Costs
Graph courtesy of Deloitte Report: Rethinking profitable
growth in the transportation industry 5
5.
5INNOVATION IN TRANSPORTATION
In recent history, stricter safety guidelines have been passed to improve security and
streamline regulation. While some travelers may view these changes as an inconvenience,
these rules play a significant role in protecting travelers in the face of terrorism and even
natural disasters. As a result of collecting more personal data, the industry became more
vulnerable to cyber attacks. These situations have huge implications both directly and
indirectly on citizens. Cyber theft and data breaches are becoming more prevalent and
create a sense of fear among travelers. It is ironic that the result of one safety measure
would cause virtual safety to be compromised. Cyber crime is estimated to cost the global
economy around $445 billion a year.6
Since it’s clear that no company is immune to this
threat, implementing risk management strategies is essential in protecting both the
company and the travelers.
Technology
Every year, technological innovations have appeared across the transportation industry.
Technology solutions are applied to data mining, safety, and increasing customer
satisfaction. While most of these solutions have been beneficial to both firms and
travelers, technology can also raise new concerns. One example is in cargo shipping. The
rise of 3D printing has led to a decrease in business for shipping companies.7
Further,
smaller companies and governments on limited
budgets cannot always compete on the
technological front. The cost of finding,
implementing and using new technologies is
often unfeasible for companies. It is important
for organizations of all sizes, however, to be
looking for the market edge. Organizations can
achieve this goal through constant dialogue with
their customers and employees. Each of these
groups can offer insight into what kinds of
technological advances are appropriate for
them.
Security and Safety
Prepare for shifting technology trends
6.
Using the Crowd
Crowdsourcing is a growing trend for many
organizations who are looking to harness
the power and knowledge of the people in
order to create thoughtful innovations.
“Open innovation” was popularized by
Henry Chesbrough, to describe using
internal and external knowledge to
accelerate the rate of an organization’s
internal innovation. In practice, this creates
an open, collaborative platform in which
everyone can participate in solving a
problem. In the transportation industry,
both employee and traveler voices provide
invaluable insight and value to a company’s
strategy.
Amtrak, a train service company, recently used the opinions and ideas from the crowd to
better improve service to their customers. Amtrak used IdeaScale to reach out to customers
and industry professionals to complete their project.8
Types of feedback, technology
communication, and feedback response were the three areas that Amtrak looked into
improving. Amtrak successfully implemented this feedback which resulted in a mobile-
enhanced site that provides real-time status of trains. Their newer site design also lends
itself to more transparency when it comes to discounts, travel rewards, and tips for frequent
customers. Like PAT, Amtrak has come a long way in mirroring the more dynamic innovation
of its competitors.9
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Sample idea submission form from OneBusAway
7. 7
Using the power of the crowd to harness ideas for
problem solving is an efficient and effective strategy.
The transportation industry, across both public and
commercial sectors, faces increasing competition and
concerns. In order to differentiate themselves in the
market and provide the best service for users,
organizations need to rely on innovation to stay relevant and
competitive. An innovation platform, such as IdeaScale, provides a
platform for open communication and idea collection. Implementing IdeaScale into your
company’s strategy can improve employee engagement and elicit new solutions to old
problems. IdeaScale is easy to utilize, and with innovation experts by your side, your
organization will be led to the forefront of innovation. Learn more about what IdeaScale can
do for your organization here.
INNOVATION IN TRANSPORTATION
1. http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/education/
s_690913.html#axzz3u4g0lBVf
2. http://www.post-gazette.com/business/businessnews/
2012/06/29/CMU-spinoff-gets-Dept-of-Transportation-
grant-for-Tiramisu-transit-app/stories/201206290151
3 https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/pdf/2014/12/
transport-perspectives-nov-2014.PDF
4. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/
article-2813863/Controversial-Ryanair-boss-admits-no-
frills-carrier-nicer-customers-sooner.html
5. http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/
Documents/consumer-business/us-cb-transportation-
trends-031915.pdf
6. http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Cyber-crime-
what-every-business-needs-to-know
7. http://www.strategyand.pwc.com/perspectives/2015-
commercial-transportation-trends
8. http://www.tcrponline.org/PDFDocuments/
tcrp_rpt_179.pdf
9. https://opendot.ideascale.com/a/ideas/top/campaign-filter/
active/tags/data+amtrak+open+transit+gfts
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