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

The Digital Matatus Story: The Power of Open Data in Transport

Jacqueline M Klopp for digitalmatatus.com

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

Equity, Health, Sustainability

Are these transit systems visible in transport planning for cities?

Little to NO Publicly Available Data!!!!

STOP ?

ROUTE XX ?

Maps/Passenger Information/Apps?

Tools?

Modelling?

Accountability?

How to Improve City Transport Data?

DIY DATA

COLLECTION DEVELOP OPEN DATA = CHANGE

USER/PLANNINGAPPS AND INFO

TRANSPORT

MODELS

PUBLIC TRANSIT VISIBLE

IN (GTFS) STANDARD

FORMATONLINE AND

PAPER

INFORMATION FOR

ADVOCACY

INNOVATION, EMPOWERED USERS AND PLANNERS

+

+ = =

Not just Data- a Holistic Vision/Approach!!

Process Matters: Building user communities, capacity and networks for change

KIPPRA THINK TANK MATATU DRIVERS AND OWNERS

Sample Data File in GTFS format

digital matatus

Collected 135bus 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

New Planning Tools

Better Passenger Info /Apps

New Ways to See the System

Impact on policy and people?

Catalyst for a Wider Conversation

Informs Policy Dialogue

Global Standards-Open Data for All

Open Data Collaborations=Powerful Change Agent for Urban Transport

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