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Bus Map Project: Improving Public Transport in Lebanon

The Bus Map Project aims to improve Lebanon's existing bus and van system by collecting data and creating an online platform with open GIS data. Through mapathons, hackathons, and community outreach, we seek to increase visibility and usage of public transport, leading to a more active bus community. Our innovative approach includes building the first collective dataset of the entire bus system in Lebanon and providing open and reusable data for designers and developers. Supported by the SWITCH-Med Programme funded by the European Union.

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Bus Map Project: Improving Public Transport in Lebanon

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  1. SwitchMedest financé par L’Union Européenne Bus Map Project Chadi Faraj, Co-Founder

  2. Why ‘Bus Map Project’? Credit: Lucia Czernin, Bus Map Photo Action, July 2016

  3. Why? • Lebanon suffers from over-use of the personal car, which leads to pollution and traffic jams. • Existing public transport is misunderstood or ignored. • When it is noticed, it is stigmatised. • To improve our complicated system, we must understand how it works, first. • More regulation = more coordination. Small changes can have big effects.

  4. Vision & Mission • We are a small network of bus riders who want to encourage people to discover Lebanon’s existing bus and van system. • We want to fill the gap of knowledge about this system through bottom-up data-collection in order to be able to improve it in the future. • We aim to build bridges between riders, service providers and local authorities. Our project promotes SCP by championing public transport, a sector that has environmental, social economic and health benefits.

  5. Who are we? • Core team: Chadi, Jad, Sergej . . . We have partnered with graphic designers, university lecturers and eco NGOs on small initiatives, and will continue to do so. • Wider network: municipalities, bus drivers/owners, transport unions . . . We have registered a civic association called “Riders’ Rights” to help create a community of riders to sustain our projects beyond this mapping phase.

  6. What are we doing? Greater visibility of the public transport system will lead to more use, which could also lead to a more activebus community. • Online Platform with open GIS data • Mapathons, hackathons . . . • Print maps, photo-essays . . .

  7. How? Key activities • Collect GIS data • Create attractive & useful designs • Organise focus groups and other events Key resources • Technical expertise • Graphic and web design • Community outreach

  8. Credit: Johnny Hchaime, Bus Map Photo Action, July 2016

  9. Impact

  10. How is it innovative? • We are taking informal systems seriously; learning from it, working with it, and building for it. • We are building the first collective data set of the whole bus system in Lebanon. • Our data is open and reusable by others; designers, developers, etc. • Our maps are a tool for social change!

  11. Thank you! SWITCH-Med Programmeis funded by the European Union

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