Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Author(s)
Zegras, P. Christopher
Eros, Emily
Butts, Kuan
Resor, Elizabeth
Kennedy, Stephen
Ching, Albert
Mamun, Muntasir
Date Issued
December 2014
Journal
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
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Oxford University Press
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Zegras, P. Christopher, Emily Eros, Kuan Butts, Elizabeth Resor, Stephen Kennedy, Albert Ching, and Muntasir Mamun. “Tracing a Path to Knowledge? Indicative User Impacts of Introducing a Public Transport Map in Dhaka, Bangladesh.” CAMRES 8, no. 1 (December 10, 2014): 113–129.
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Abstract
The smartphone exemplifies the rhetorical smart city movement. This paper examines one potential use of smartphone technology—mapping public transportation services in a megacity of the Global South. We examine the potential user impacts of introducing a smartphone-generated and analogue-delivered schematic bus map in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After distributing the map, we used a web-based survey to investigate impacts on users’ knowledge, as measured by their stated understanding, navigation and perceptions of the system. While a small and biased sample, the results suggest that the map fills a knowledge gap, provides useful and valued information and may stimulate ‘exploration’ of the city and its bus system.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsu028
