1. Ashwin Mahesh Mobility in the city Rethinking problem-solving in urban transport

2. Rapid urbanisation 10 million already live in the city. An additional 300,000 people move into the municipal area each year.

3. Where do we begin?

4. Many levels of government - Urban Development - Housing - Foreign investment - Environment - Transport - Utilities - Police - Planning

5. Silos in government departments

6. Challenges in academia too

7. a regional view identify who should do what must begin now must have the force of law must deliver value to citizens must measure progress regularly The usual practice

8. Can we try something different?

9. 4 types of problems We cannot ‘see’ the problem Information is held in many different departments Officials alone are expected to do everything Skill and manpower shortages in government

10. 4 types of solutions Visualise what is going on in the city Bring all the information together Give some responsibilities to the citizens also Use the 70-30 principle to train more people quickly

11. Collect all the information Bus, Metro routes and timings Vehicle records License records Police cameras GPS units on buses Emergency announcements Taxi services Auto-rickshaw services Safety information Forms used by different departments News reports about transports

12. Tele-density from mobile tower network

13. GPS units on city buses, other vehicles

14. Police traffic cameras at junctions

15. Integrated view of live traffic conditions

16. -Map based display of routes -Digital tool for adding, changing, removing routes

17. Violation reports through SMS

18. Blackberry-powered enforcement

19. Asset management Cameras, signals, modems monitored 24x7 Downtime leads to automatic SMS alert to crews Resolution time monitored for performance Escalation matrix for unresolved issues

20. Mapping accident hot-spots

22. Common complaint-tracking tool for all departments.

23. Bangalore Transport Information System

24. India’s first Traffic Management Centre

25. Direction-based bus services along with significant fleet expansion

26. Better designs for public infrastructure Private development of public spaces

27. A dedicated budget for footpaths

28. Metro-Zone footpaths – 30km this year

29. Namma Cycle – A cycle-sharing program in IISc campus Neighbourhood Improvement using standardized road designs

30. Priority for emergency vehicles

31. Simple tools for school buses

32. Technology for taxi companies

33. Helping companies to reduce their carbon footprint

34. Regular traffic counting at key junctions

35. We now have a CONTINUOUS strategy for improving mobility in the city.

36. Design Data Communications Budgets Capacity building in government … this ECOSYSTEM can intervene in any arena. Technology

37. Bangalore Environment Portal Air Quality Biodiversity Solid Waste Ground Water Green Cover Energy Water Supply Water Quality

38. Safe Bangalore

39. Bangalore Tourism and Heritage Points of interest Directions Event alerts in your area Documentation Awareness

40. Industry cluster analysis Aerospace Information Technology Health care Garments Education Machine Tools What is our city/region good at?

41. - Between officials and researchers - Plenty of effective and re-useable technology - New skills built within government departments - Joint problem solving by many stakeholders A new public-private partnership

42. Easy to repeat in any city Start collecting data and forms Put data on top of maps Use existing tools to strengthen government work Running in 6 weeks, robust in 6 months