Smarter Travel
What is it?
Ever wish travel was easier? Ever wish parking was more available, buses went when and where you wanted, or traffic lights made cross-town travel faster? Now is your chance to help Smarter Sustainable Dubuque make travel easier in and around our city.
Dubuque’s Smarter Travel Pilot Study is using a smartphone application developed by IBM Research to collect anonymous data on how, when and where volunteer participants travel within the community. The anonymous, aggregate data collected will be analyzed by IBM and the findings used by the City of Dubuque and its transit partners to implement practices and policies that incorporate lower-cost and lower-impact travel options within Dubuque.
Like other Smarter Sustainable Dubuque projects, this research will be used to give residents the information they need to do what they want (reduce costs, save resources, and decrease their environmental impact). The goal of the research is to identify options for all Dubuque commuters to save money, conserve resources, and improve the environment through better travel choices.
Possible outcomes include:
- reduced travel times,
- increased fuel efficiency,
- increased traffic safety,
- reduced vehicle miles traveled (VMT), and
- reduced carbon monoxide emissions.
Volunteer to Participate
By participating, you will be assisting in efforts to make travel throughout Dubuque more convenient and efficient. After the app is installed on your smartphone, you do not need to do anything – the app operates automatically. Here's how to volunteer:
Download the IBM Smartphone Application to your phone:
One component of the Smarter Travel pilot study is the deployment of newly created IBM smartphone technology that can be easily downloaded at no cost and used to provide data to the supporting Cloud computing environment for the study analysis.
Android Users (OS 2.2 or above)
From your phone's internet browser, click here to download the Android "Smarter Travel" app
Blackberry Users (OS 5 or 6)
From your phone's internet browser, click here to download the Blackberry "Smarter Travel" app
iPhone Users
The iPhone application is currently under development. Check back soon.
After downloading and installing the application on your smartphone, simply take it with you when traveling to your everyday destinations. The planned duration of the study is 12 months; however, volunteers are asked to allow the app to run on their phone for at least one month.
For more information, contact the Smarter Sustainable Dubuque Help Desk at 563-690-6111 or email .
Disclaimer
By choosing to participate in the Smarter Travel Study, you are allowing anonymous travel data from your smartphone ("Location Information") to be shared with IBM and its authorized contractors ("IBM") for 12 months . Your anonymous data will be aggregated with anonymous data from other community participants and shared for research purposes with the Iowa Department of Transportation. Your information does not identify you personally and Dubuque and IBM will not share your Location Information with any other party for any other purpose.
After choosing to participate, you can also withdraw from the Smarter Travel study by uninstalling TransitPlanner, by simply going to “Options” on your phone. Select “Applications”, then highlight the TransitPlanner application. Click the menu button and select “Delete”. You will be asked if you want to delete the application. Select “yes” and the application will be removed from your phone.
Contact Us
For more information the Smarter Travel pilot study, contact Smarter Sustainable Dubuque at 563.690.6111 or by email.
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