Interactive city tool_structure-nash-14may13.pptx

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  

1.  What  are  interacIve  city  tools?  

Social-­‐based  technologies  designed  to  increase  city  livability,  economic  well-­‐being  and  sustainability.    

Your  city?  

2.  Why  are  interacIve  city  tools  important?  

Big  Problems  +  Limited  Resources  

•  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.  

3.  Why  develop  a  structure?  

A  structure  helps  us  understand  possibiliIes  

…  for  connecIng  and  extending  systems.  

4.  InteracIve  City  Tool  Structure  

Caveats  

•  Rapidly  changing  field  • Many  possible  structures  

• Many  tools  are  mulI-­‐purpose  

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  Real  

RelaAonship  Apps  

5.  Examples  

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  

Air Quality Egg

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  

ReporIng  

Customized  reporIng  applicaIons    

A  key  part  of  customized  reporIng  apps  are  back-­‐end  analysis  and  tracking  systems.    Example:  Verbeterdebuurt,  Netherlands  

discussion  =  collaboraIon  reporIng  =  minimal  collaboraIon  

Discussion  

Public  Discussion  Apps  

AcAons  AcAviAes  Services  

Plans  CollaboraIon  

San  Francisco  Mind  Mixer  website  

Shareabouts  ...  Brooklyn  pedestrian  safety  (OpenPlans)  

GreenCityStreets  …  Facebook-­‐based  collaboraIon  app  

“Why  is  everyone’s  valuable  input  so  stupid?”  

EducaAonal  Apps  

Public  Discussion  Apps  

AcAons  AcAviAes  Services  

Plans  

BeGer  MeeAng  Apps  

CollaboraAon  

VisualizaAon  Analysis  

AccounAng  

Develop  New  Apps  

Support  Real  

RelaAonship  Apps  

Support  ApplicaIons  

EducaIonal  ApplicaIons  (Support)  

1.   EducaIonal  games  2.   BudgeIng  games  3.   VisualizaIon  tools  4.   Wikis  5.   Design  libraries  

Help  improve  the  collabora(on  process.  

Community  PlanIT  …  game  based  engagement  app  

BusMeister  …  a  learning  game  about  public  transport.  

Participatory Chinatown

Boston

Improve  Public  Transport  wiki  …  …  crowd-­‐sourced  informaIon  about  public  transport.  

AddiIonal  Support  ApplicaIons  

1.   Encourage  involvement  2.   Design  new  applicaIons  3.   Process  and  meeIng  support  

Help  improve  the  collabora(on  process.  

Grr-­‐Grr-­‐Bike  …  …  smartphone  game:  educaIon  +  engagement  

Designing  Chicago  …  …  crowdsourcing  public  transport  apps.  

Plan-­‐in-­‐a-­‐box  …  …  tools  for  creaIng  interacIve  planning  applicaIons.  

GOOD  QUESTION!  

Outputs  

1.   InformaIon  –  Status  Updates  2.   Real  AcIviIes  and  AcIons  –  Clean-­‐up  days  –  P2P  ridesharing  –  Sharing  –  Crowd  funding  –  Kickstarter  (?)  –  Casserole  –  shared  meals  and  socializing  

3.   Plans  

Finally  …  

If  you  don’t  do  it  …  someone  else  will!  

6.  QuesIons  

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  •  Cosm  sensor  data  sharing  plahorm    hGps://cosm.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/