1. Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Albert Ching, Muntasir Mamun, Stephen Kennedy, P. Christopher Zegras, Emily Eros, Elizabeth Resor, Kuan Butts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Zegras, P. Christopher, and Eros, Emily
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Economics and Econometrics ,Sociology and Political Science ,Computer science ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Schematic ,Tracing ,Data science ,Megacity ,Perception ,Smart city ,Public transport ,Rhetorical question ,business ,PATH (variable) ,media_common - Abstract
The smartphone exemplifies the rhetorical smart city movement. This paper examines one potential use of smartphone technology—mapping public transportation services in a megacity of the Global South. We examine the potential user impacts of introducing a smartphone-generated and analogue-delivered schematic bus map in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After distributing the map, we used a web-based survey to investigate impacts on users’ knowledge, as measured by their stated understanding, navigation and perceptions of the system. While a small and biased sample, the results suggest that the map fills a knowledge gap, provides useful and valued information and may stimulate ‘exploration’ of the city and its bus system., Singapore. National Research Foundation (Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Center. Future Urban Mobility Program)
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- 2015
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