Interactive City Tools
- a structure for understanding
Andrew Nash
GreenCityStreets.com
May 14, 2013
Outline
1. What are
interac(ve city tools
anyway?
2. Why are they important?
3. Why develop a structure?
4. A proposed structure
5. Examples
6. QuesIons
Social-‐based technologies designed
to increase city livability, economic
well-‐being and sustainability.
Big Problems + Limited Resources
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Climate change
•
Socio-‐economic change
•
Demographic change
•
Urban growth
•
Financial crisis
Ci(es need ideas and help from residents to
remain livable … “social era” principles.
Caveats
•
Rapidly changing field
•
Many possible structures
Structure Framework
•
Input
•
Analysis
•
CollaboraIon
•
Support
•
Output
Input Analysis CollaboraIon Output Support
Open Data (by Government) Sensor Data (by public) EducaAonal Apps Public Discussion Apps AcAons AcAviAes Services Plans InformaAon Status Updates BeGer MeeAng Apps CollaboraAon VisualizaAon Analysis AccounAng Develop New Apps
Input Analysis CollaboraAon Output Public ReporAng
Apps
Support RelaAonship Real
Open Data (by Government) AcAons AcAviAes Services InformaAon Status Updates VisualizaAon Analysis AccounAng
Sensor Data
(by public) AcAons
AcAviAes Services InformaAon Status Updates VisualizaAon Analysis AccounAng
AcAons AcAviAes Services InformaAon Status Updates VisualizaAon Analysis AccounAng Public ReporIng Apps
1. Mainstream social media (TwiGer)
2. Service status & reporIng
3. GPS reporIng applicaIons (e.g., bikes)
4. Survey applicaIons (e.g., Survey Monkey)
5. Customized reporIng applicaIons
A key part of customized reporIng apps are
back-‐end analysis and tracking systems.
discussion = collaboraIon
reporIng = minimal collaboraIon
Discussion
Public Discussion Apps AcAons AcAviAes Services Plans CollaboraIonEducaAonal Apps Public Discussion Apps AcAons AcAviAes Services Plans BeGer MeeAng Apps CollaboraAon VisualizaAon Analysis AccounAng Develop New Apps
Support RelaAonship Real
Apps
EducaIonal ApplicaIons (Support)
1. EducaIonal games
2. BudgeIng games
3. VisualizaIon tools
4. Wikis
5. Design libraries
Participatory
Chinatown
Improve Public Transport wiki …
AddiIonal Support ApplicaIons
1. Encourage involvement
2. Design new applicaIons
3. Process and meeIng support
Grr-‐Grr-‐Bike …
Designing Chicago …
Plan-‐in-‐a-‐box …
GOOD
Outputs
1. InformaIon – Status Updates
2. Real AcIviIes and AcIons
–
Clean-‐up days
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P2P ridesharing – Sharing
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Crowd funding – Kickstarter (?)
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Casserole – shared meals and socializing
Finally …
InteracIve City Tools
-‐ a structure for understanding
Andrew Nash
andy@andynash.com
www.andynash.com
+43 676 933-‐0483
Vienna, Austria
References
• Nash, Andrew; A Proposed Structure for Understanding InteracAve City Tools; Paper prepared for TU DelX Conference: Using ICT, Social Media and Mobile Technologies to Foster Self-‐OrganisaAon in Urban and
Neighbourhood Governance; May 2, 2013; paper and presentaAon:
hGp://andynash.com/publicaAons/
• Links and updated informaAon on InteracAve City Tools on the wiki:
hGp://interacAve-‐city-‐planning-‐tools.wikispaces.com/home
• “InteracAve City Tool” name from Play the City project Majority Report
hGp://www.playthecity.nl/12460/en/seven-‐keys-‐to-‐make-‐an-‐interacAve-‐ city-‐tool
• “Social era” from Nilofer Merchant; 11 Rules for CreaAng Value in the #SocialEra, Harvard Business Review Press (September 12, 2012). • Trafficcom traffic counter: hGp://trafficcom.org
• Air Quality Egg: hGp://airqualityegg.com
References -‐ 2
• CycleTracks GPS data collecAon system for bicycling:
hGp://www.sfcta.org/modeling-‐and-‐travel-‐forecasAng/cycletracks-‐
iphone-‐and-‐android
• Moovit public transport GPS reporAng app: www.moovitapp.com • StreetBump hGp://www.cityoioston.gov/DoIT/apps/streetbump.asp • Seeclickfix hGp://seeclickfix.org
• MindMixer www.mindmixer.com
• GreenCityStreets.com www.greencitystreets.com • Shareabouts hGp://shareabouts.org
• ParAcipatory Chinatown hGp://www.parAcipatorychinatown.org/ • Streetmix.net hGp://streetmix.net
• City Planning in a Box hGp://openplans.org/2013/04/plan-‐in-‐a-‐box/ • DesigningChicago hGp://designingchicago.com/
• Simpl Challenge hGp://www.simpl.co/howitworks • CodeforAmerica (CfA) hGp://codeforamerica.org/
