Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Zegras, P. Christopher; Eros, Emily; Butts, Kuan; Resor, Elizabeth; Kennedy, Stephen; Ching, Albert; Mamun, Muntasir

doi:10.1093/cjres/rsu028

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“…Every day an estimated 442,000 commuters use 183 transport routes, including air, water, rail and roads [30]. Dhaka's public transport comprises "a fragmented, loosely organized, and weakly regulated system of approximately 7000 buses and minibuses", which is managed by more than 60 companies [82]. A study on the travel pattern of Dhaka city reports that work-based travelling accounts for 44.7% of the total trips generated by inhabitants [6].…”

Section: Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transforming Urban Dichotomies and Challenges of South Asian Megacities: Rethinking Sustainable Growth of Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the eleventh largest megacity city in the world, with a population of 18.2 million people living in an area of 1528 km 2 . This city profile traces the trajectories of its urban development to becoming a megacity and characterizes its emerging challenges due to informal urbanization and climate change impacts. Due to rapid population growth and uncontrolled urbanization, Dhaka currently faces various socio-economic and environmental challenges in aspects such as providing basic urban services; reliable transportation framework; constant water and energy supply; effective sanitation; sustainable waste management and affordable housing. Moreover, the urban setting has further deteriorated as Dhaka is already facing various adverse impacts of climate change. Studies predict that most of the urban sectors, public health and surrounding agriculture and fisheries in Dhaka will be severely impacted by climate change. Dhaka is trying to transform its existing "incremental development" model to an "integrated development" framework in order to effectively mitigate its extreme urban challenges. The future of Dhaka city significantly relies on the successful execution of integrated infrastructure and service planning, development, and management practices, operating under an accountable and good governance system.

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Section: Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transforming Urban Dichotomies and Challenges of South Asian Megacities: Rethinking Sustainable Growth of Dhaka, Bangladesh

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“…Some examples of the utility of this approach exist. For instance, in Dhaka, crowdsourced data was employed to produce the first public transport map in a city in where, though many citizens would find a map useful, a lack of formal organisation of the public transport network had made such a map unrealisable (Zegras et al 2015).…”

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Smart Cities and M3: Rapid Research, Meaningful Metrics and Co-Design

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The research described in this paper is undertaken under the banner of the smart city, a concept that captures the way urban spaces are re-made by the incursion of new technology. Much of smart is centred on converting everyday activities into data, and using this data to generate knowledge mediated by technology. Ordinary citizens, those that may have their lives impacted by the technology, usually are not properly involved in the 'smartification' process. Their perceptions, concerns and expectations should inform the conception and development of smart technologies at the same extent. How to engage general public with smart cities research is the central challenge for the Making Metrics Meaningful (MMM) project. Applying a rapid participatory method, 'Imagine' over a five-month period (March -July) the research sought to gain insights from the general public into novel forms of information system innovation. This brief paper describes the nature of the accelerated research undertaken and explores some of the themes which emerged in the analysis. Generic themes, beyond the remit of an explicit transport focus, are developed and pointers towards further research directions are discussed. Participatory methods, including engaging with selfselected transport users actively through both picture creation and programmatically specific musical 'signatures' as well as group discussion, were found to be effective in eliciting users' own concerns, needs and ideas for novel information systems.

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“…In January 2012, a research team at MIT in collaboration with a local organisation set out to test smartphone capabilities for understanding public transportation operations (mapping routes, speeds, stops) and con-ducting on-board surveys and passenger counts in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Subsequent improvements to the technologies and concentrated deployment of a volunteer team resulted in the development of the city's first widely available map of the city's semi-formal, privately operated public transport routes, released in paper and electronic form in May, 2013 (Zegras et al, 2015). We subsequently adapted the technology, described in more detail below, for testing in another of the world's megacities, Mexico City.…”

Section: Technological Background: Smartphone-based Mobility Data Colmentioning

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Spatiotemporal dynamics in public transport personal security perceptions: digital evidence from Mexico City’s periphery

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Cadena³

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Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Cited by 29 publications

References 32 publications

Transforming Urban Dichotomies and Challenges of South Asian Megacities: Rethinking Sustainable Growth of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Transforming Urban Dichotomies and Challenges of South Asian Megacities: Rethinking Sustainable Growth of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Smart Cities and M3: Rapid Research, Meaningful Metrics and Co-Design

Spatiotemporal dynamics in public transport personal security perceptions: digital evidence from Mexico City’s periphery

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