Dear Maning,<div><br></div><div>Thank you -- yes! I was inspired by this initiative in Japan during the 2011 tsunami (see link) on how floating car data data can be used to identify flooded-out roads in real time:</div><div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoIDSWBMao4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoIDSWBMao4</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Holly</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 5:14 AM, maning sambale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com" target="_blank">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>Dear Holly,</p>
<p>Thanks for this Holly. Very interesting project. In the future, it would be nice if osm can access these passive gps traces (anonymize of course) as additional source for digitizing roads.</p>
<p>Maning Sambale (mobile)</p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 21, 2012 11:47 AM, "Holly Krambeck" <<a href="mailto:hkrambeck@gmail.com" target="_blank">hkrambeck@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi, Maning -- <div><br></div><div>Very happy to share -- thank you. We are still testing and developing the application --once the system is live, we look forward to getting feedback from the OSM community. </div><div><br>
</div><div>In the interim, following is a description of the project, as well as its background and rationale. </div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char">
<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4">Cebu Taxi Crowd-Source Pilot</font></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Project Rationale</b> </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">By nature, effective and evidence-based transport
planning and management is an extremely data-intensive exercise, requiring
continuously updated traffic counts, travel speed measurements,
origin-destination and household surveys, passenger counts, user surveys, road
surface surveys, etc. to facilitate the optimal use of existing road space. But
because these inputs tend to require significant man-power and resources, these
fundamental activities are often not undertaken in cities that have limited budgets,
resulting in planning and operating inefficiencies and therefore unnecessary congestion,
fuel consumption and emissions in urban transport systems worldwide. This issue
is particularly acute in Cebu, Philippines, where there are few resources
dedicated to such on-going data collection activities. </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">There are three parallel information and
communications technology (ICT) trends that are creating unprecedented
opportunities to support efficient, low cost solutions for urban transport
planning and management, that bridge the gap between
traditional, time and resource-intensive manual data collection practices and expensive intelligent transportation systems:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Increasing
penetration and declining cost of ICT, both for consumers and governments;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Emerging
open transport data protocols and standards that support widescale replication
of activities; and</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Increasing
use of open-source applications, including Open Street Map.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In particular, these three trends are creating
opportunities for: </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Improving
efficiency in conducting ridership surveys and soliciting public feedback for
system planning, operations, and maintenance; </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Reducing
costs associated with collecting basic operating data to support planning and
management, as well as disseminating important system information (transit
service, congestion points, etc.); and</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Reducing
cost and increasing speed of replication of best practices simultaneously
across many cities.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Pilot has been designed
to leverage these emerging opportunities in ICT to overcome perennial issues
associated with the cost and resources required for traditional transport data
collection and analysis – the fundamental basis for all transport planning,
operating, and investment decisions.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Project
Description</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Taxis in Cebu circulate
the streets frequently, and each cover about 300 km per day, 365 days per year.
By equipping these vehicles with some form of GPS unit, they have the
potential to act as information probes, collecting extremely rich and valuable
data on travel conditions in the city. The more kilometers a taxi travels, the
higher quality data that is received. </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Under this pilot, the
team, coordinated by <u>ITP</u> (</font><a href="http://www.itpworld.net/" target="_blank">http://www.itpworld.net/</a>)<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:120%">, will distribute GPS-enabled mobile phones to a
sample of taxis. Mobile phones, rather than dedicated or proprietary GPS units,
are used to support global replicability of the program – with a phone-based
platform, any taxi company in the world would be able to download the
open-source software developed by </span><u style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:120%">AutoAlert</u><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:120%"> (</span><a href="http://www.autoalert.com/" target="_blank">http://www.autoalert.com/</a>) <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:120%">through the Project and, in theory,
begin using it right away.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">With the tracked
signals, the Cebu City Transport Office can use web-based open-source software developed
by <u>OpenPlans</u> (</font><a href="http://openplans.org/" target="_blank">http://openplans.org/</a>) <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:120%">to:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Generate
real-time congestion maps (that the Cebu transport agency can use for adjusting
signal timings, testing efficacy of congestion management actions, supporting evidence-based transport
infrastructure investment decisions);</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Identify
sudden network stoppages (e.g., accidents) and alert traffic enforcers; and</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Dramatically
improve the efficiency of some basic data collection processes, like
travel-time delay surveys.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To support system sustainability, <u>OpenPlans</u>
and <u>AutoAlert</u> are also developing an open-source web-based platform for taxi
companies that will provide vehicle location and operations tracking services,
as well as a “panic button” service. Again, the more taxis that use the free
dispatch tools, the higher quality the data that will be received by the city. </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:120%"><br>
</span></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:120%">To date, the team has successfully deployed 5 units over a one-month period to access the viability of the software and local network, and over the coming months, the team will continue to test and refine the application until the project is fully deployed. Here is a screen shot from the initial test, using OpenPlan's web-based interface:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:120%">:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_13a8162a37da88b1" alt="Inline image 1"><br>
</font></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It is the aim of the Project Team to ensure that
these data feeds are made publically available, so that other developers and
OSM advocates, like you on this distribution list, can ensure that the people
of Cebu fully reap the benefits of these valuable data. </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you have any questions or comments, please feel
free to get in touch with our project team:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Atty.
Rafael Yap, Cebu City Transportation Department (<a href="mailto:rclyap@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rclyap@yahoo.com</a>)</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Holly
Krambeck, World Bank (<a href="mailto:hkrambeck@worldbank.org" target="_blank">hkrambeck@worldbank.org</a>)</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Neil
Taylor, ITP (<a href="mailto:taylor@itp.com" target="_blank">taylor@itp.com</a>)</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Kevin
Webb, Open Plans (<a href="mailto:kwebb@openplans.org" target="_blank">kwebb@openplans.org</a>)</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:120%;layout-grid-mode:char"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span>Richard
Harris, AutoAlert (<a href="mailto:richard@autoalert.me.uk" target="_blank">richard@autoalert.me.uk</a>))</font></p>
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Hi,<br>
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There was an SOTM US event last weekend. I have been browsing the<br>
slides and I found this talk about ideas on gathering real traffic<br>
data ala OSM by Jeff Maki of OpenPlans [0].<br>
What struck me is the pilot test in Cebu City a project by ITP with<br>
WorldBank [1]<br>
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During the OSM training in WorldBank last Oct 5, Neil and Holly<br>
presented this case study. @Holly and Neil (subscribed here), could<br>
you share a bit of this project here?<br>
It would be great if the rest of the mailinglist would know more about<br>
your project.<br>
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[0] <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f0Zw5_ui8perpVX-_Mh-saEHHCSQISotRqWrI3qz5HE/edit#slide=id.p" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f0Zw5_ui8perpVX-_Mh-saEHHCSQISotRqWrI3qz5HE/edit#slide=id.p</a><br>
[1] <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f0Zw5_ui8perpVX-_Mh-saEHHCSQISotRqWrI3qz5HE/edit#slide=id.g20ddac8d_0_70" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f0Zw5_ui8perpVX-_Mh-saEHHCSQISotRqWrI3qz5HE/edit#slide=id.g20ddac8d_0_70</a><br>
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