Pilote Project Overview

Short Description: Overview of paratransit mapping project

Description: The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.2 calls for “safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable transport systems for all,” in addition to other critical global targets to reduce air pollution and decarbonize the transport sector. The official indicators include the percentage of residents within a half kilometer of frequent transit, as well as related needs for access to opportunities. However, to monitor targets, plan integrated public transport and provide new services such as passenger information services, we need public transport systems data, including, at the most basic level, network and stop data. In Africa, this data is scarce. The World Bank estimates that 92% of the largest low and middle-income cities in the world do not have complete transit maps. In many of these cities, minibus systems (sometimes called paratransit because of their non-scheduled, flexible routes and stops) provide mobility for most people, yet little data exists on their operations. Further, challenges exist around collecting this data in standardized ways. The digital revolution and the spread of new forms of data and technology offer opportunities to create missing public transport data. Several efforts have emerged in African cities and elsewhere to leverage digital technology to provide open source data about stops, routes and schedules. These cases include Nairobi’s Digital Matatus, Accra Mobility, Transport for Cairo and Maputo's Mapa dos Chapas in addition to emerging projects in Addis Ababa, Dhaka, Abidjan and other cities.

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Web Site : http://digitaltransport4africa.org/

Organisations interested to contribute or already contributing: Agence Francaise de Developpement, Jungle Bus, Digital Matatus Team, University of Nairobi, MIT, Transport for Cairo (TfC), World Resources Institute

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Contributor: HEGAZY Mohamed, KLOPP Jackie, CAVOLI Clemence, CHEVRE Antoine, LAINEZ Florian, SADIER Simon

Tags: Paratransit, Mapping Project

Category: Logiciel, Données, Communauté

Theme: Open Street Map OSM, Données ouvertes, Traces de mobilité et des données associées, Africa

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Challenge addressed: Augmenter les connaissances partagées en cartographie et usages des véhicules et réseaux de transports

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Communauty of interest: Communauté autour des données ouvertes, Communauté autour des traces de mobilité et des données associées, Communauté des acteurs en Afrique

Type of common: Commun

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File management link: https://git.digitaltransport4africa.org/commons; https://git.digitaltransport4africa.org/cities

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Next step:

SSATP Forum in Abuja

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Projects	Network	Pre existing data	Data collection	Data processing	Data Shared and Deliverable	Advantages	Drawbacks
Digital Matatus (Nairobi, Kenya)	Matatu and Rail-Nairobi's Transport Network	Shapefiles of the road of Nairobi Table (.xls) of existing bus and commuter rail routes	Identification of matatus routes, stops (name, with or without shelters...) Routes & Stops: Using MyTrack and TransitWand App	Development of a modified GTFS standard for mapping the matatus network Identification of major and secondary routes, assignment of a nomenclature for each route and stop Identification of major and secondary routes, assignment of a nomenclature for each route and stop Design of the map: redrawing of the route on a grid based (45°/90° angle)	Public map (Minibus routes, stops position and name + points of interest) and free GTFS/ GIS feed online here The GTFS Feeds was incorporated to google map (users can get transit direction in Nairobi) App that provide routing information (Ma3Route, FlashCast Sonar, Digital Matatu, Planning Tools for BRT development	Friendly user method for data collection Collaborative map	Only estimation for Stop_Times or Frequencies Need average fare information
	Project Owner: Digital Matatus Team Consultant: Columbia University, MIT, University of Nairobi, Groupshot Beneficiary: City of Nairobi			Funding: Rockefeller Fundation Other Stakeholders: Kenya Alliance of Resident, Kenya Institute of Public Policy and Research Analysis, ITDP, UNHabitat, Matatus drivers
Accra Mobility (Accra, Ghana)	Trô-Trô Transport Network	Register of lines per unions with Terminus	Openstreetmap contributors and students collecting GPS data (bus stop/routes) directly on OSM with OSM Trackers app. Note tools to log preselected variable as departure/arrival time, fares...	OpenStreetMap tools were used to check and verify quality and completion of data Manual process to generate JSON Development of a data validator on JOSM GTFS field created from the GPS Trace on OSM by using OSM2GTFS (easy way to generate GTFS transit data from OSM) Schematic Map produced in Illustrator Manual data analysis on Trô-Trô indicators	GTFS/ GIS Dataset and map on GitHub here OSM data on bus stops and routes Dashboard for transport authority Trô-Trô mapping guide (provide guidelines for mapping paratransit using open solutions)	Data used by Transit and TransportR app Rotary club built bus shelter Collaborative map created to be alterable (online tutorial)	The GTFS Field has to be regenerated for every change Missing information on Stop_Times or Frequencies_ that are rough estimations interviewing drivers Only one record per line, means that commercial speed assessment is not accurate on different times of the day
	Project Owner: Departement of Transport (DoT) Consultant: Concordia University, Jungle Bus & Transitec Other Stakeholders: OpenStreetMap Community			Funding: UTP & AFD Beneficiary: DoT
Transport for Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)	Greater Cairo Region: Metro, Public bus, Paratransit bus Phase 1: New Desert Community Phase 2: Ineer-city	GIS map of the formal bus lines, created by the World Bank digitizing paper maps	Geographic Data collection with smartphone System Adequacy Data collection with smartphone/ 3rd party data integration Temporal Data through integration with Big Data sources	Developed set of internal tools to automate most steps of creation of a GTFS Ongoing expansion of OSM road network Semi-automated cleaning of every trip collected	Intermodal map and free GTFS/ GIS Dataset online here Anticipated release of Phase 1 for Summer 2018	First Open Intermodal Map	Stop_Times or Frequencies_are estimation
	Project Owner: TfC Consultant: TfC Other Stakeholders: Digital Matatus Team			Funding: ExpoLive Impact Grant Programme Beneficiary: City of Cairo
Mapa dos Chapas (Maputo)	Minibuses Network Public Buses lines Main urban train line	JICA had collected data about major minibuses routes (in the context of the BRT feasibility study), but it was limited and was not used for this project	GPS mapping and fieldwork to localize minibus lines and stops	Workshops with minibus operators to name the bus stops and confirm GPS/fieldwork data Meetings with public authorities to validate data Design and publish the schematic map (version 0) Receive and integrate feedback from users Update map (version 1 & 2) Upload data to OSM (ongoing)	Maputo Minibuses maps and mapa dos Transportes da Cidade de Maputo	Strong interaction with local stakeholders and local authority The map has been embraced by the local authority and was renamed “Map of public transport” and includes the local authority’s official logo	Does not include the metropolitan area No Data published
	Project Owner: Waza, UCL, Rede Uthende (Ruth, civil Organization) Other Stakeholders: Minibus owners, MTP, City Council, Chapas owners			Consultant: Mapa dos Chapas, Funding: UCL, The Kestrelman Trust, Dialogo Program (Dfid), AGIR program (Swedish Embassy), Rosa Luxemburgo Fundation Beneficiary: Maputo City Council, Transport Metropolitan Agency
Doula's PMUD (Douala, Cameroun)	Taxis line network		Identification of terminal stop Using GPS Tracker (format KML)	Taxi, average speed and influence area Bus + Taxis (fixe ligne) identification of routes, travel times, tarification, frequency...	PMUS and Doula Transit Map (ongoing)	GPS Tracker on the bus	Focussing on bus routes
	Project Owner: CUD (Douala Urban Community) Consultant: Systra			Funding: AFD, FFEM, MYC Beneficiary: CUD
Mapanica (Managua)	Transporte Urbano Colectivo de Managua y Ciudad Sandino (network of IRTRAMMA)	Incomplete and scattered information available on OpenStreetMap.org	Community workshops: Managua students and interested citizens learned about participatory mapping, collected GPS data of the bus routes and stops. Primarily the smartphone OsmTracker app has been used and the data directly uploaded to OpenStreetMap.org (in GPX format)	Community workshops: Managua students and professionals learned on advanced editing on OSM and working with GIS in general; this technical core group developed high quality data with JOSM and the pt_assistant tools. The local specialists dealt perfectly with challenges	Open Data GTFS/GIS Dataset Online+ API Editable paper map files Openly licensed schematic network paper map Responsive and mobile ready Open Source web application: site and code Mobile applications serving the data (Transportr, TransitApp)	Contributing to provide solutions that will help future projects to do the same or similar Methodology can be improve and used by all OSM contributors	Officialisation of informal bus stop name. Sustainability through formality and constant maintenance: Communities can power up an effort to change but continuity can be given in Managua only through the governmental institution in charge (IRTRAMMA).
	Project Owner: Nicaraguan OSM Community Consultant: Nicaraguan OSM Community, Ninfus Design Studio			Funding: Crowd-funding Campaign Other Stakeholders: Municipal regulatory institute for the city's transport (ITRAMMA)

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