@ DUSP Tonight’s theme: What I Did Last Summer / A Few Tips for Surviving @ DUSP Performance slate 5:10 Energy Efficiency in NYC by Genevieve “Rosie” Sherman 5:20 Long Term Recovery + Community Resilience @ the USGBC by Travis Sheehan 5:30 UN-Habitat: Batik, Becaks, and Boats in Solo, Indonesia by Alice Shay and Stephen Kennedy 5:40 Peace through the metaphor of war: Rio de Janeiro by Julia Tierney 5:50 Vishonan di un Isla Nobo: Oil, Governance, and Community Visions in the New Curaçao by Matt Weinstein 6:00 Interning and Thesis Prepping in Boston by Rachel Alonso 6:10 Cellphones, Rickshaws, and Sandcastles by Albert Ching DUSP HAPPY HOUR

Rosie Sherman Ι DUSP Pecha Kucha !Energy Efficiency in Commercial Real Estate!

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St. Petersburg City, FL Tampa City, FL Downtown St. Petersburg

2000-2010 Population Change by Age Cohort

Ages 0-19 Ages 20-44 Ages 45-64 Ages 65+

Leisure and hospitality,

6%

GDP of Metro Area

Professional and business services

Real estate and rental and leasing

Trade

Government

Education and health services

Finance and Insurance

Leisure and hospitality

Peace  through  the  metaphor  of  war:  Police  Pacifica4on  Units  in  Rio  de  Janeiro  

Bon  Biní  Na  Mi  Presentashon!  

Dushi  Kòrsou:  A  Newly  Independent  Country  Within  The  Dutch  Kingdom  

SchoJegat:  The  Largest  Natural  Harbor  in  the  Caribbean  

Willemstad:  “You  drive  around  and  around,  but  you  never  get  to  the  center.”  

The  Oil  Industry  in  Curaçao:    1914  -­‐  Present  

The  Isla  Refinery:  Reputed  to  be  the  Caribbean’s  Biggest  Polluter  

Isla:  A  Dominant  Presence  in  Cuarçao  

Greenspace,  Recrea4on,  and  Cultural  Heritage  in  Banda  Abou  

Lack  of  Accountability  and  Governance  

Poli4cal  Fragmenta4on  and  Growing  Pains  of  Increasing  Autonomy  

Auto-­‐Dependence  and  Sprawl  

Cruise  Ship  Tourism:  Boon  or  Swoon?  

Poverty  and  Gentrifica4on  in  Punda  and  Otrobanda  

Community  Development  and  Neighborhood  Planning  Efforts  

An  Eco-­‐City  At  Isla?  Fundashon  GreenTown  Curaçao  

Par4cipatory  Process:  Vishon  Komun  Pa  Un  Isla  Nobo  

Other  Awesome  Pics  I  Couldn’t  Figure  Out  How  To  Fit  Into  The  Presenta4on  

Gratuitous  Pictures  of  Me  Having  Fun  

Masha  Danki  Pa  Boso  Atenshon!  

Rachel Alonso

DUSP PECHA KUCHA

Interning at the Fenway Community Development Corporation

HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION

Conducting research for a professor/my thesis

HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION

Exploring Boston for the first time

HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION

Exploring Boston for the first time

HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION

Clover Food Truck

THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I CAME TO DUSP

Financial aid policy: if you were admitted with any funding, you will not be offered any for your second year :(

THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I CAME TO DUSP

The 5th floor of the Media Lab is an amazing study spot

THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I CAME TO DUSP

Lactose intolerance

THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I CAME TO DUSP

How much work it would be!

THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I CAME TO DUSP

This year?

Last year

CELLPHONES, RICKSHAWS & CASTLES IN THE SAND

The emerging entrepreneurs who are mashing-up intelligence + transportation in developing Asia

Albert Ching Masters of City Planning Candidate, 2012 Research Assistant, Future of Urban Mobility Singapore

Can owning a cell phone replace the desire to own a car?

The problem

Rush hour traffic in Jakarta

The problem

Pre-rush hour traffic in Jakarta

Source: Barter (1999) updated with current statistics from Wikipedia / Gapminder *Income figures only available at country level; Motorization 2004 figures

Most cities in developing Asia still with low per capita incomes

and motorization rates

2!

3!Singapore

($43K, 150)

Hong Kong($39K, 80)

Sydney / Melbourne ($34K, 630)

Tokyo* ($30K, 275)

Seoul* ($23K, 220)

Kuala Lumpur($12K, 270)

Bangkok ($7K, ~200)

Dhaka ($1K, 2)

Beijing / Shanghai($7K, 80) Jakarta

($4K, 50) Manilla ($3K, 30) Bangalore

($3K, 12)

Significant car ownership aspiration (Source: AC Nielson)

Per capita income (2009 Fixed $PPP)

1!Low motorization

In previous studies, strongest determinant of car ownership rates

was income levels Aut

os p

er 1

000

peop

le

Restrained motorization

Car ownership income threshold

Acharya & Morichi(2007) $5-$6,000 PPP

Manage private motorization

Improve mobility of the ‘car and 2-wheeler-less’

Invest in new public/shared transport

assets & infrastructure

1! 2!

Most ‘sustainable transport’ efforts focus on larger scale public transport investments under the “Avoid, Shift, Improve” framework (+) BRT (+) Metro (+) Pedestrian, bicycle, and cycle rickshaw lanes

AMake private

vehicles more costly to drive

Make private vehicles less

attractive to drive

(+) Vehicle taxes (+) Congestion pricing (+) Fuel taxes (+) Parking fees (-) Domestic car industry (-) Income growth

(+) Compact land use (+) Car pool lanes (+) Congestion* (+) Difficult driving conditions * (+) Vehicle theft* (-) Sprawling land use (-) Road construction (-) Car commercials and billboards*

*Unintentional

Restrict Car Use

Improve Auto-Substitutes

Tracks and locates user travel demand in real-time 1

Provides real-time travel supply information for users 2

Provides information on new destinations 4

Enables productive use of travel time 3

Can become a new vehicle for travel payments 5

Enter the mobile phone, the fastest growing, perhaps most

value-adding product in human history

Personalization

16

27

17

2 1 0

75

106

81

73

63

40

Singapore Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Jakarta Bangalore Dhaka

Private Autos per 100

Mobile Phones per 100

Mobile phone-driven intelligence infrastructure way ahead of

transportation infrastructure in most developing Asian cities

4.7x

3.9x

4.9x 35x

66x 201x

Not just mobile devices India boasts not just 860 million

phones vs. 13 million cars but

also the most competitive mobile phone market in the world. the

world’s lowest telephony rates

and a new 3G network

To what extent is mobile-driven transport experimentation happening across developing Asia? 1!

Field Visit | summer 2011 field research

Singapore

Kuala Lumpur

Jakarta

Bangkok

Dhaka

Fazilka

Delhi

Mumbai

Bengalaru

Makes existing shared modes more efficient and on-demand

Safety / Payments

1! 2!1! 2! 3! 4!

SINGAPORE

DELHI/MUMBAI/ BANGALORE/

FAZILKA

DID NOT VISIT

KUALA LUMPUR

JAKARTA

BANGKOK

DHAKA

Bus Arrival

C!Makes driving

a car easier

5!Private vehicle-sharing

Vehicle Security

Car Pooling

Mobile Productivity

Shared Transport Social Fun

Navigation

Congestion Tracking

Rail Arrival

On-Demand Auto Taxi

On-Demand Auto Taxi

On-Demand

Cycle Rickshaw

On-Demand

Auto Rickshaw

Bus Arrival

Bicycle Sharing

Car Sharing

Fare-Tracking / Safety Alerts

Fare-Tracking

Constellation of Experiments | August 2011

On-Demand Motor-cycle

SINGAPORE

DELHI/MUMBAI/ BANGALORE/

FAZILKA

DID NOT VISIT

KUALA LUMPUR

JAKARTA

BANGKOK

DHAKA

Constellation of Experiments | August 2011

Factors that encourage experimentation Significant user

transport problem

Money | Commercial application

Transport partnership

Technical expertise

Entrepreneurial activity, low density, government regulations

Are current experiments sustainable and scalable (enough to provide real alternatives to private car use)?

2!

Selected Case Studies

Fazilka Bengalaru

Kuala Lumpur

Jakarta

Case Study 1. Fazilka Eco-Cabs

2!

2!

2!

2!

2!

2!

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The Future of Urban Mobility

Do what you LOVE

the DUSP NETWORK is strong

SANDCASTLES may be the best personality revealing activity for planners

DUSP is about SHARING

DUSP now has a surfing club

It’s okay to get a little silly and geeky sometimes

HAPPY HOUR TIME