Entry #59
Bicycle Parking: From Regulation to Persuasion
Masayuki Kawasaki
Shumpei Noto
Kazuto Yamasaki
Katsuhiro Tanabe
Attaches a QR code next to a "no bicycle parking" sign. The QR code guides users to a website with information about vacant parking spots in the vicinity. An attempt to turn signs, which currently only display binary yes/no information, into more sophisticated persuasion mechanisms that elicit behavioral change.
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• The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
2 (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech) -
• Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
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• Degree of commercial potential
2 (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved) -
• Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
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• Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
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• Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
2 (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)