Flocksourcing* in Dhaka

March 18-25, 2012

DAY 4 Update

Measurability changes our perception of things

Flocksourcing* = Guided crowdsourcing

On March 18, 10 paid volunteers set out to ride 240 buses in Dhaka in one week, tracking bus positions, counting riders (including females) and issuing rider satisfaction surveys all with the help of a smartphone, an app and a mobile data plan

Mar 18 Mar 19 Mar 20

Azimpur

Daily Bus Traces in Dhaka

We asked them to focus on routes from Azimpur to Mirpur and Uttara

Mirpur

Uttara

http://web.mit.edu/mrching/Public/analysisdhaka.html

March

Daily Bus Traces in Boston

We are trying to do the same thing in Boston / Cambridge MIT

Boston

http://web.mit.edu/mrching/Public/analysisboston.html

Volunteer Performance

In 4 days, volunteers have rode an aggregate of 180 trips and issued 600 surveys while on the bus with 3 volunteers riding for more than 24 hours

http://web.mit.edu/mrching/Public/volunteer.html

Kb16

Kb10 Kb20 Kb7 Kb14

Kb13

Kb2

Kb8

Volunteer Performance by Trace

7 AM 8 AM 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM

kb 16 1 3 4 1 1 4 2 3 4

kb-14 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 3

kb-2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 1 4

kb10 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1

kb13 1 1 4 1 1

kb2 2

kb20 2 2 1 1 1 5 6 2

kb7 5 3 2 2

kb8 1 3 2 4

Volunteer Trips by Start Time

Bus Speed Map

New Market

Uttara

Dhanmondi

Pallabi

http://web.mit.edu/mrching/Public/speeddhaka.html

Bus Travel Times

0:10 0:14 0:17 0:18

0:10 0:14 0:13 0:11

0:06

0:13 0:11 0:07

0:19 0:19

0:37

0:21 0:17 0:13 0:11

0:08 0:09 0:08 0:07 0:07 0:08 0:09 0:07

0:18

0:10 0:08 0:07 0:06 0:08

0:00 12:00 0:00

OUTBOUND INBOUND

0:09

0:14 0:12

0:06 0:06 0:06

0:18

0:37 0:37

IN OUT OVERALL

New Market – Dhanmondi 2 km, 33 rides

10 km/hr

1:10 0:58

0:49

1:16

1:39

1:11

1:42

1:08 1:02 0:46

0:55 1:07 1:03 1:08

0:54

1:32

4:48 9:36 14:24 19:12

OUTBOUND INBOUND

1:08 1:10 1:09

0:46 0:49 0:46

1:42 1:39 1:39

IN OUT OVERALL

New Market – Pallabi 10 km, 16 rides

9 km/hr

1:12 1:18 1:15

1:42

1:20 1:27 1:13

1:20

1:45 1:43 1:40

1:20 1:15 1:10 1:23

1:36 1:48 1:52 1:47 1:43

1:28

2:05

1:43

2:07

1:39

4:48 9:36 14:24 19:12 0:00

OUTBOUND INBOUND

1:48

1:25 1:33

1:28

1:10 1:10

2:07

1:45

2:07

IN OUT OVERALL

New Market – Uttara 20 km, 25 rides

13 km/hr

(12) (6) (4) (7)

1

10

(1)

7 5 4 1

(5) (8)

(12) (15)

22 24

57 50 50 51 47

38 44

38 41 41 41

48 52 53 55

22 15

7 AM 8 AM 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM 11 PM

25%

18% 16%

14% 15%

5%

10%

19% 17% 17% 17%

14% 11%

8% 8%

16%

36%

7 AM 8 AM 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM 11 PM

Passenger Counts, Empty Seats, Female Share

Total passenger count

Empty seats

Female share of total

Overall

Live Survey Dashboard

Map of Survey Locations

Avg Bus Happiness

2.6 (out of 5)

http://web.mit.edu/mrching/Public/surveydhaka.html

Work, Home and Commute

Visualization by Fineo

http://tinyurl.com/surveydhaka3-21

Income, Ownership, Bus Riding Frequency

Visualization by Fineo

http://tinyurl.com/surveydhaka3-21

Passenger Counts and Rider Happiness

Rider Happiness

Passenger Count

2.6 2.7

2.4

2.7

2.0

2.3

3.1

2.9

2.0

2.6 2.5

2.3 2.2 2.2

2.8

3.3

2.0

57

50 50 51

47

38

44

38

41 41 41

48

52 53

55

22

15

-

10

20

30

40

50

60

-

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

7 AM 8 AM 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM 11 PM

2.6 2.7

2.4 2.7

2.0

2.3

3.1

2.9

2.0

2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2

2.8

3.3

2.0

7 AM 8 AM 9 AM 10 AM

11 AM

12 PM

1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM

11 PM

Rider Happiness by Bus Line

Overall

36 (to Mirpur)

27 (to Uttara)

2.80

2.52 2.61 2.59 2.51 2.46

15 minutes 30 minutes 1 hour 1.5 hours 2 hours 2+ hours

Overall Azimpur Dhanmondi KhiilKhet Uttara

Rider Happiness by One-Way Commute Time