At our fall 2008 conference, we had a presentation from Daren Brabham, a doctoral candidate at the U of U, on crowd-sourcing. Here is an example of an interesting way this idea is being applied in a transit project.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2009
Federally-Funded Online Bus Stop Design Contest Launches
Next Stop Design leverages collective intelligence of online communities for public good
Next Stop Design, an experiment to design a bus stop collaboratively on the Web, officially launches today at www.NextStopDesign.com. Visitors to the Web site can register for free to submit designs and ideas about their ideal bus stop. Visitors can then rate and comment on the designs of their peers, and the highest rated bus stop designs may eventually be built as real bus stops in Utah. The contest runs through the summer, and the highest rated designer(s) will be recognized as inspiration for the stop on a plaque next to the new bus stop on the University of Utah business loop.
Next Stop Design is a study conducted by University of Utah researchers, in cooperation with the Utah Transit Authority and funded by a grant from the U.S. Federal Transit Administration. The project seeks to develop innovative ways to increase public participation in transit planning. Using the Web to harness the collective intelligence of online communities and the “wisdom of crowds,” Next Stop Design hopes to generate more, diverse, and higher quality bus stop designs in a way that complements traditional public participation methods.
For more information, including details about the project, backgrounders, and related resources, visit www.NextStopDesign.com/press.
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