We’re excited to be launching the Ringstrasse150 – Ring Ride project. The project consists of a website with information on improving walking and cycling in Vienna and a mobile phone game designed to increase engagement by linking to the website in the game results screen. The website is available here: Ringstrasse150 We’ll be working on […]
I’m working on a prototype of the Ringstrasse 150 project website. I’d be happy to receive your feedback in the comments below or contact me directly. It’s a work in progress, here’s what I have now: Ringstrasse 150 – home page Learn – information about sustainable transport planning (under development) Suggest – page for people […]
I just submitted a proposal for a session at the re:publica 15 conference being held in Berlin from May 5-7. If you are interested in speaking contact me and let’s talk about the idea. Here’s my session idea: The session will focus on how information technology can be used to help improve public participation in […]
Ringstrasse 150 is a project to crowdsource ideas for making Vienna’s Ringstrasse the world’s most liveable street. We’re looking for ideas to make it safe and attractive for pedestrians and bicyclists – helping encourage more people to walk, bike and promenade along this historic boulevard. The project will include a detailed map for crowdsourcing ideas, […]
Just returned from a very interesting Smart City conference in Milkosc Hungary where I gave a talk called People Make Cities Smart. It was very interesting to learn about all the exciting projects going on in Hungary that are using information technology to improve transport, energy, water resources, waste management and more. The conference organisers […]
I’m looking forward to January’s edition of Transportation Camp Washington DC. It’s great that this year the (un)conference will be co-sponsored by the Transportation Research Board! Here’s the link for registration and information: Transportation Camp.org. I’m proud to say I helped organise the first Transportation Camp at TRB in 2012.
19 July 2015 – I’ve disabled the link to the game because BusMeister is a Flash game. Given all the security vulnerabilities of Flash I thought this would be the best decision. Contact me if you want more information or would like to help a non-Flash version of the game. 28 November 2014 – BusMeister […]
My objective for the GreenCityStreets website is to share information and ideas on how to use internet and mobile applications to improve public participation in sustainable urban mobility planning. The website will provide: Links to applications I’ve developed to improve participation; A blog to share ideas and information about using applications to improve public participation; […]
I’m organising a roundtable discussion on using social applications (social networks, crowd sourced reporting, online games, wikis, and other tools) for helping improve sustainable transport. We’ll start by identifying existing applications and then brainstorm ideas for Vienna (and beyond). If there’s interest we’ll organise a group to develop a real application or two. If you […]
Please vote for our Grr-Grr-Bike game on the Velo City 2013 Cycling Visionary Awards! http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=2337&project_id=68 It’s quite easy to vote and your vote will help us publicize the project. Thanks!