Evaluating a concept design of a crowd-sourced ‘mashup’ providing ease-of-access information for people with limited mobility

Abstract

a b s t r a c tThis study investigates the impact of using a concept map-based 'mashup' (www. accessadvisr.net) to provide volunteered (i.e. user contributed) ease of access information to travellers with limited mobility. A scenario-based user trial, centred around journey planning, was undertaken with 20 participants, divided equally between (1) those who have physical restrictions on their mobility, due to disability, illness or injury, and (2) those with practical mobility constraints due to being parents with young children who have to use a child's pushchair when using public transport. Both user groups found the concept useful, but its potential impact was less for the pushchair user group. There were mixed views in relation to the ability of the mashup to convey the trustworthiness, credibility and reliability of information necessary for journey planning. The study identified a number of key information-related user requirements which help enable effective design of user contributed web-based resources for travellers with mobility-related issues.

Mapping with Stakeholders: An Overview of Public Participatory GIS and VGI in Transport Decision-Making

“…Keyword analysis can support the identification of the main areas of application since they are used by the authors to help indexers, search sources and consequently readers to find relevant papers; they generally represent the content of the manuscript and are quite specific to subject's field or subfield. From the analysis of the keywords of the papers of the review (Figure 2), conducted through pivot tables, beyond the terms included in the search strategy (GIS, VGI, PPGIS, Crowdsourcing and Transport), the words "Accessibility" [28][29][30][31][32][33], Smartphone [34][35][36][37][38] and "Activity Space" [39][40][41] emerge. In particular, GIS are fundamental to visualize the impact of transport solutions in terms of accessibility, and there is a growing literature on transport studies related to this topic [42][43][44][45].…”

“…Several studies (23%) have also focused on the use of PPGIS in the field of project analysis and technical assessment, with the evaluation of quality and efficiency of public transport services [67,[93][94][95]; validation of evacuation systems in the event of an emergency [50,59]; design and evaluation of paths for non-motorized mobility [33,40,55,84,87,96].…”

Atratividade Do Transporte Público Para as Pessoas Com Limitações Físicas E Os Comportamentos Na Mobilidade Urbana

“…Já com o foco na informação compartilhada, May et al (2014) cita o desenvolvimento de uma proposta de sistema alimentado por voluntários, que poderiam informar sobre a facilidade de acesso de pontos de interesse e as ligações de transporte.…”

“…Devido a isso, alguns grupos de cadeirantes, idosos, e pessoas com deficiências mais severas, são menos propensas a se deslocarem, ou adaptam seus hábitos de deslocamento em horários mais vazios (BROMLEY, MATTHEWS & THOMAS;MAY ET AL., 2014). Dessa forma torna-se ainda mais relevante identificar esses problemas para os passageiros terem acesso às informações relativas às condições dos espaços e serviços que irão utilizar, e conseguirem se deslocar de maneira mais satisfatória.…”

“…Os idosos necessitam de mais informações do que os jovens, em especial para evitar esforço físico desnecessário, sendo apropriado informações como tempo de viagem, distâncias percorridas a pé (GROTENHUIS, WIEGMANS, RIETVELD, 2007). May et al (2014), aborda que pessoas com deficiência possuem uma grande demanda pela informação pré-viagem e a informação em tempo real, enquanto outros usuários que possuem limitações temporárias na mobilidade, como pais que precisam se deslocar com carrinho de bebê, tentem a preferir informações com um contexto. Além disso, o tipo das informações consideradas mais importantes pode variar ao longo das etapas dos deslocamentos.…”