Jacqueline M Klopp presented on the power of open data in transport at Transforming Transportation 2015. Transforming Transportation 2015: Smart Cities for Shared Prosperity is the annual conference co-organized by the World Resources Institute and the World Bank.

1. www.TransformingTransportation.org
The Digital Matatus Story: The
Power of Open Data in Transport
Jacqueline Klopp, Associate Scholar, Center
for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia
University
Presented at Transforming Transportation 2015

2. The Digital Matatus Story:
The Power of Open Data in Transport
Jacqueline M Klopp for digitalmatatus.com

3. Matatu -Nairobi Jeepney - Manila Dhaka Bush Taxi - West Africa
Colectivo – Mexico City Manical – Panama City Lima Marshrutkas - Russia
Tap, Tap - Haiti Daladala – Dar Salaam Dolmuş in Bodrum, Turkey
Semi-Formal Mini-Bus Systems:
Critical circulatory systems for many cities

4. Equity, Health, Sustainability

5. Are these transit systems visible in
transport planning for cities?

6. Little to NO Publicly Available Data!!!!
STOP ?
ROUTE XX ?
Maps/Passenger
Information/Apps?
Tools?
Modelling?
Accountability?

7. How to Improve City Transport Data?

9. DIY DATA
COLLECTION DEVELOP OPEN DATA = CHANGE
USER/PLANNING
APPS AND INFO
TRANSPORT
MODELS
PUBLIC TRANSIT
VISIBLE
IN (GTFS) STANDARD
FORMAT
ONLINE AND
PAPER
INFORMATION FOR
ADVOCACY
INNOVATION,
EMPOWERED
USERS AND
PLANNERS
+
+ ==
Not just Data- a Holistic Vision/Approach!!

10. Process Matters: Building user communities,
capacity and networks for change
KIPPRA THINK TANK MATATU DRIVERS AND OWNERS

11. Sample Data File in GTFS format

12. digital
matatus
Collected 135
bus routes,
most stops and
6 rail routes
for Nairobi
first open GTFS
data sets for
bus systems in
an African city
public transit
map
Policy Network/
Community of
users

13. New Planning Tools

14. Better Passenger Info /Apps

16. New Ways to See the System

17. Impact on policy and people?

18. Catalyst for a Wider Conversation

19. Informs Policy Dialogue

20. Global Standards-Open Data for All

21. Open Data Collaborations=Powerful
Change Agent for Urban Transport
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