{"id":1325,"date":"2019-02-26T14:12:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/digicivics-at-apl\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2019-03-05T13:29:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:29:36","slug":"log-week-4-nutc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/digicivics-at-apl\/2019\/02\/26\/log-week-4-nutc\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4 Log – NUTC – Example search"},"content":{"rendered":"

Log week 4<\/span><\/h1>\n

This week we followed up on our idea of taking a site visit to Heaton Road here we managed to talk to a few of the locals and gather some ideas of how they felt about the project. Most of them seemed to be happy with the idea of a cycle lane although these people claimed to be cyclists themselves so it coincides with the data we found on the website \u2018streets for people\u2019 (51% wanted segregated cycle lanes). A couple of the people we spoke to said they were drivers of cars and would struggle with the addition of a cycle lane, due to the lack of parking spaces that would become a reality once the lane was installed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Inspirations\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This research was inspired by a project we found in the Netherlands about <\/span>How to turn a Car city into a Cycling city<\/span><\/i>*. As most of the cities (both in this project and in general) were planned and designed for the car, the first thing that had to be done was \u201cappeasing the motorists instead of encouraging cyclists\u201d. As we have written before, Heaton Road is very \u201ccar-occupied\u201d, which makes this reference project very relevant to our own project. It has \u00a0inspired us to do more further research into their ideas and how ours could relate seen as they were successful. <\/span><\/p>\n

We also found this article** useful which was suggested to us by Sean. After reading through it we understood more about the concept of a \u201csmart city\u201d and how GPS, as well as other GIS tools, could be used to track the main cycle routes within an area. We were then also able to recognise the divide between the East and West were the West had hardly any cycle routes in comparison potentially down to the development of transportation and wealth of the area. <\/span><\/p>\n

We spoke during the lecture about how negative comments would impact us and the project, and we have decided that negative comments would be our main target and we would focus on understanding them more and persuading the people to change their opinion. This is now one of our main project goals, alongside meeting the needs of the briefing given by Ali and creating a interactive\/inclusive platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Concept\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

We also began to come up with a concept for our project although we feel that we will be able to adapt this more after talking to the other project partners (Mark and Julie). One of the concepts was the idea of getting cyclists to map their ideal route and recording this information, then putting it into a map of sorts to show how useful the cycle route would be by connecting Heaton Road to other\/ smaller cycle paths. The other concept was a interactive Decision Tree, we would make several questions which would have multiple answers provided already to choose from, leading to more questions, eventually ending up with one final answer, which would be an end goal of the cycle route being the best option for all users. This would be an online concept but we would also be able to make it as an interactive poster for people without access to the internet. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is an example of the format of a Decision Tree, although we believe ours would be larger. The \u201cleaf nodes\u201d would be one final answer for the participants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next week we are planning to visit Heaton Road again and to interview some of the stakeholders to get a wider range of views on the project and hopefully to begin to build upon our concept idea. We are also meeting the project mentor so hopefully we will gain some insight into their thoughts on the project and some much needed experience in the area. We also have our meeting with Mark and Julie arranged although due to unforeseen circumstances \u00a0this has been set back slightly.<\/p>\n

References<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Link to reference project: <\/span>https:\/\/nextcity.org\/features\/view\/how-to-turn-a-car-town-into-a-cycling-city?fbclid=IwAR1ckGS1GZ-tyq5lrf_wh3yy4qd2owdLhLYOgG5topXSbMKYfzJ3AWH0ZMY<\/span><\/a> [Online: Accessed 19-02-2019]<\/span><\/p>\n

**Link to article:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/ledantec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Le-Dantec-Planning-with-Crowdsourced-Data-CSCW15.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3FHHvqkw5f5ue3geihm0nwpHWlHdQmQyg-B_AhsobTz_BtbLac7kzeLQg<\/span><\/a> \u00a0[Online: Accessed 19-02-2019]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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