Web 2.0 Applications for Transportation Planning

Here is the latest version of the paper I submitted to the US Transportation Research Board on using Web 2.0 to improve public participation in the transportation planning process:

Web 2.0 Applications for Improving Public Participation in Transport Planning

I will be making a presentation on the paper at SPUR in San Francisco on 7 January 2009, and in a poster session at the US Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. on January 11, 2010 (Session 337: Public Involvement in Transportation; 2:30PM - 5:00PM; Washington Hilton.

Here is a copy of my SPUR presentation: Web 2.0 Applications for Improving Collaboration in Transport Planning.

I have also placed large sections of the paper on-line on the Livable Streets StreetsWiki. You can go to the specific page on StreetsWiki to read the text, edit it and add your own ideas. I will use ideas from those pages to improve the TRB paper. Here are the links:

Bus Meister uses Web 2.0 techniques (e.g. wikis, social networking and on-line games) to identify and test ideas for making existing public transport systems work better. It will consist of a game where real people learn about public transport operations and social networking tools to help them 'lobby' decision-makers to implement public transport improvements.

More information on Bus Meister, including a presentation and detailed proposal are available from my Bus Meister page.

Please contact me for more information.