A8.1
A8.1
Last modified by Hal Eden on 2010/10/20 13:45
Assignment 8.1
Due
- Tuesday, 10/19; 12pm (noon) on the class website
To-Do - Preparation
EDC Role Play
The purpose of this assignment is to prepare you for the EDC role playing session on Weds, Oct 20. Please review the Roles that have been developed for the role play. see EDC Roles You should carefully review the role you select and reflect upon how that person's life situation would affect their use of public transportation. The role-play exercise will entail redesign of a bus route and you will need to behave as though you were the member of the community represented by your role. Feel free to expand on the role and make it as personally meaningful to you as possible. In reflecting on your role, you should develop at least one issue that you believe your persona would raise in the course of the community bus route design meeting. The agenda for the meeting is at: http://swiki.cs.colorado.edu/Reflection/55.To-Do
Note: This assignment does not require a write-up, per se. However, you should select the role you would like to play and "register" that preference by creating a page below. (Multiple people will end up with the same role and we will share those roles, perhaps by taking turns participating and observing. You should also fill out the questionnaire on the response page to help you reflect upon your perspectives before the meeting. The questions on the questionnaire are:- On a scale of 1 to 5, where "1" is the least important and "5" most important; please rate the following design concerns in establishing a bus route: Noise, Safety, Privacy, Cost, Efficiency (e.g., time), and Accessibility.
- On a scale of 1 to 5, where "1" is the least important and "5" most important; please rate the following design concerns in establishing a bus stop: Noise, Safety, Privacy, Cost, Efficiency (e.g., time), Accessibility
- In your opinion, defining a bus route within a neighborhood and identifying the various bus stops along the route is better achieved by: "Planning Experts" or "Informed Participation" from the neighbors. Please give one or two reasons for your answer:
Create Your Response
To create your response, you should first choose a name for it (it's a good idea to have your group-name in the name)Existing documents
- Assignment81Class Template
- Assignment81
- A81Aaron Vimont
- A81Ariel Aguilar Hiphophippotomi
- A81Ian Smith Team Awesome
- A81Tyler Howarth
- A81Myung Ho Kim We Love Peaches
- A81Leon Gibson
- A81Andrew Hepler
- A81Jason Cockerham
- A81Andrew Fischer
- A81Kyla Maletsky
- A81Thomas Cavalier
- A81Joanne White
- A81Brionna Lopez
- A81Terry Smith
- A81Matthew Thurston
- A81Ho Yun Bobby Chan Makeshift Crew
- A81Bethany Henrikson
- A81Trevor Aparicio
- A81Alberto Aranda
- A81Zachary Clark
- A81Nick Aberle
- A81Jacob Burton
- A81Anne Gatchell
- A81Aaron Stockton
- A81Luke Mattingly
- A81Andy Truman
- A81Jennifer Carlson
Summary of Responses
| firstname | lastname | role | On a scale of 1 to 5, where "1" is the least important and "5" most important; please rate the following design concerns in establishing a bus route: Noise, Safety, Privacy, Cost, Efficiency (e.g., time), Accessibility | On a scale of 1 to 5, where "1" is the least important and "5" most important; please rate the following design concerns in establishing a bus stop: Noise, Safety, Privacy, Cost, Efficiency (e.g., time), Accessibility | In your opinion, defining a bus route within a neighborhood and identifying the various bus stops along the route is better achieved by: "Planning Experts" or "Informed Participation" from the neighbors Please give one or two reasons for your answer: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | Vimont | Player 1 | Noise: 2 Safety: 3 Privacy: 1 Cost: 4 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility: 5 | Noise: 1 Safety: 4 Privacy: 1 Cost: 2 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility: 5 | Planning experts have been designing bus routes for years. They know where to put a stop to service the most people, which is ideal for any stop. The experts can choose an effective route. Informed participation is also important because the neighbors will know which stops in the past that have not been good. Maybe getting to the stop involved crossing a dangerous intersection or slush from the road always sprayed someone standing at the stop. Neighbors provide real expertise to improve the bus routes and stops. |
| Ariel | Aguilar | Player 1 | Noise: 3 Safety: 4 Privacy: 2 Cost: 3 Efficiency: 5 Accessiblity: 5 | Noise: 1 Safety: 5 Privacy: 2 Cost: 3 Efficiency: 4 Accessibility: 5 | Informed participants should be guiding planning experts. (1) Personal feedback points to real-time experience that cannot be fully anticipated ahead of time. (2) Planning experts can synthesize information and knowledge from various different areas and trends. |
| Ian | Smith | Player 4 | Noise: 2 Safety: 2 Privacy: 1 Cost: 3 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility: 5 | Noise: 1 Safety: 3 Privacy: 2 Cost: 2 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility: 5 | I would rather have planning experts choose where a bus stop should go, since they have access to enormous amounts of data with which to draw their conclusions. Perhaps after a bus route is established then you could change it based upon user input. |
| Tyler | Howarth | Player 8 | Noise - 5 Safety - 3 Privacy - 3 Cost - 1 Efficiency - 1 | Noise - 5 Safety - 3 Privacy - 5 Cost - 1 Efficiency - 3 | It is best to include as much collaboration as possible. Neighbors concerns are important in the process but informed experts can help direct the ideas in a structured way. |
| Myung | Kim | Player 1 | Noise 3 Safety 5 Privacy 1 Cost 5 Efficiency 5 Accessibility 5 | Noise 3 Safety 5 Privacy 4 cost 5 Efficiency 5 Accessibility 5 | From: Informed participation This is better to get feedbacks from who already experienced the problem rather from those people who read paper and analyze the facts. |
| Leon | Gibson | Player 2 | Accessibility 5 Efficiency 5 Cost 3 Safety 4 Privacy 3 Noise 1 | Accessibility 5 Efficiency 5 Cost 3 Safety 4 Privacy 3 Noise 1 | Informed Partcipation Because it's not always clear what stops will be used and which stops will be over-utilized. It's best to ask those who actually need those stops or would frequent those stops. |
| Andrew | Hepler | Player 7 | Noise-1 Safety-3 Privacy-2 Cost-3 Efficiency-5 Accessibility-4 | Noise-1 Safety-4 Privacy-2 Cost-3 Efficiency-5 Accessibility-4 | Informed Participation helps the best; because as a rider, other passengers may be able to inform you if a bus comes on time or is late often. Also, a person from neighborhood might know a faster way to get to your own destination. |
| Jason | Cockerham | Player 8 | noise: 5 safety: 3 privacy: 4 cost: 1 efficiency: 2 | noise: 5 safety: 3 privacy: 4 cost: 1 efficiency: 2 | "informed participation" is better. I already had to challenge the decision of a so-called "planning expert". It should be up to the people whether or not they want to hear the bus roaring by as it gets up to speed. |
| Andrew | Fischer | Player 8 | Noise: 5 Saftey: 5 Privacy:5 Cost: 1 Efficiency: 1 | Noise: 5 Saftey: 5 Privacy:5 Cost: 1 Efficiency: 1 | Planning Experts are called experts for a reason, they know their area very well. Participation from the local community is very important because these are the people the bus system is serving. Planning Experts should help Informed Participants decide how they like their bus system designed. |
| Kyla | Maletsky | Player 3 | Noise:3 Safety:5 Privacy: 2 Cost:4 Efficiency:3 Accessibility: 5 | Noise:4 Safety:5 Privacy:3 Cost:4 Efficiency:3 Accessibility: 5 | I think that a bus stop should be defined by "informed participation." The experts do not know the personal needs of everyone in the neighborhood. Since these people all live near each other, it is important for them to make a decision as a group so that can all take responsibility for what happens in their neighborhood. |
| Thomas | Cavalier | Player 1 | Noise: 1 Safety: 5 Privacy: 2 Cost: 5 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility:5 | Noise: 2 Safety: 5 Privacy: 2 Cost: 5 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility:5 | Informed Participation because planning experts unless they are live in the neighborhood wont use the bus route or stops and letting the users decide can lead to stops more appropriate for getting on and off the bus. |
| Joanne | White | Player 3 | Noise 5 Safety 5 Privacy 4 Cost 5 Efficiency 5 Accessibility 5 | Noise 5 Safety 5 Privacy 2 Cost 2 Efficiency 4 Accessibility 5 | Informed participation from the neighbors is the key aspect to developing the bus route and stops. Neighborhood residents need to be consulted and interviewed at every stage of the process of developing the route and location of the stops. They have individual knowledge and understanding of traffic flow, neighborhood nuances (such as school rush hours and popular shopping locations – not reflecting simply the largest capacity, but also the ones most frequented.) Additionally, it should not be assumed that every person in the neighborhood will take the bus – a large error comes from user input and testing about bus services on people who will never use the bus themselves, however some of these people must be consulted as the stops and route of the bus have an overall effect on the neighborhood, not just those who are traveling on the bus. |
| Brionna | Lopez | Player 2 | Noise: 1 Safety: 5 Privacy: 3 Cost: 1 Efficiency: 3 Accessibility: 5 | Noise: 1 Safety: 5 Privacy: 3 Cost: 1 Efficiency: 3 Accessibility: 5 | In my opinion, informed participation from neighbors allows for better bus stops because it allows individuals who actually use the bus routes to say what is needed and how it would make their everyday use of the bus stops better. |
| Terry | Smith | Player 1 | 1,5,2,5,5,4 | 1,5,2,5,5,4 | Planning experts, because I don't know the first thing about bus stop design. A lot of planning details are hidden from the public and at least one expert needs to be on the team. If the team has to be either all planning experts or all informed participants, I'll choose all planning experts, although ideally it would be a mix of both. If they really are experts, then they'll know what they're doing. If they sit in a fancy office all day, then they're probably not experts in the first place. |
| Matthew | Thurston | Player 1 | 5, 3, 4, 2, 1 | 5, 3, 4, 2, 1 | Planning experts have a much better idea of all the elements that need to be considered when planning a route such that it can be optimized for Noise, Safety, Privacy, Cost, Efficiency, Accessibility. While informed participation is an important element to this design the trained experts still know best. |
| Ho Yun | Chan | Player 8 | Noise 5 Safety 1 Privacy 4 Cost 2 Efficiency 2 Accessibility 3 | Noise 5 Safety 1 Privacy 4 Cost 2 Efficiency 2 Accessibility 3 | People living within the neighborhood should have the right to criticize and influence the decision of the various bus stops because it affects the environment of where the person is living. After working, the person should not have to deal with constant loud, obnoxious sounds of a bus or the commotion of the passengers being made while waiting for the bus if there is a better alternative. He/she should have the right to a peaceful and quiet neighborhood because of buying a house at that specific location. |
| Bethany | Henrikson | Player 3 | Noise: 2 Safety: 3 Privacy: 3 Cost: 3 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility: 5 | Noise: 1 Safety: 5 Privacy: 2 Cost: 2 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility: 5 | Informed Participation is better) I think that if all of the neighbors work together to get all their opinions heard, we will have an excellent system worked out that can hopefully help everyone. I know that some things will have to be compromised, but planning experts would just put it where ever they wanted, like they have, and that system is obviously not great for everyone right now. |
| Trevor | Aparicio | Player 2 | Noise-2 Safety-3 Privacy-1 Cost-2 Efficiency-5 Accessibility-5 | Noise-2 Safety-4 Privacy-2 Cost-2 Efficiency-5 Accessibility-5 | Informed Participation: 1) Participants can see others wants and needs and collaborate and coordinate a plan that would likely work for most people. 2) Planning experts might not realize the desires of certain parties that the bus routes or stops might affect. |
| Alberto | Aranda | Player 1 | Noise: 3 Safety: 5 Privacy: 4 Cost: 1 Efficiency: 2 Accessibility:4 | Noise: 4 Safety: 5 Privacy: 3 Cost: 1 Efficiency: 2 Accessibility:4 | I believe informed participation from the neighbors is a better way to define a bus route and define its various stops. Informed participation will lead to bus routes that are more catered to those who will use it, making it more likely that the route will be used by those in the particular neighborhoods which the route encompasses. If planning experts plan the bus route, they will go for efficiency in both cost and time before they consider who will be using the route and the distances they might have to walk to get to a certain stop in the route. |
| Zachary | Clark | Player 2 | Noise: 2 Safety: 3 Privacy: 2 Cost: 1 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility: 4 | Noise: 3 Safety: 4 Privacy: 2 Cost: 1 Efficiency: 4 Accessibility: 5 | Planning Experts While the idea of having the community try and work together is nice, dealing with an HOA for a few years will quickly diminish your trust in your neighbor's decision making abilities. A planning expert will be used to all sorts of problems we would completely overlook, and will be a impartial judge, so squabbling about stops being closer to one person's house or another won't be an issue. |
| Nick | Aberle | Player 1 | Noise: 1 Safety: 2 Privacy: 1 Cost: 4 Time Efficiency: 5 Accessibility: 5 | Noise: 1 Safety: 3 Privacy: 1 Cost: 4 Time Efficiency: 5 Accessibility: 5 | I feel like informed participants would do better at defining bus stops since they are actually the ones using the buses. It is hard for someone looking in at a top down perspective to anticipate the needs of all the users, whereas the users themselves actually experience the issues firsthand and know what they need to be accommodated. |
| Jacob | Burton | Player 8 | Noise: 5 Safety: 3 Privacy: 5 Cost: 2 Efficiency: 1 Access: 1 | Noise: 5 Safety: 3 Privacy: 5 Cost: 2 Efficiency: 1 Access: 1 | Informed participation. Some members of the community, such as myself, do not use the bus. My home in Gunbarrel is basically a vacation home and I dislike excessive noise and crowds. It is important that this is taken into account and a "planning expert" would not know to consider this. |
| Anne | Gatchell | Player 2 | Noise 3 Safety 3 Privacy 4 Cost 5 Efficiency 5 Accessibility 5 | Noise 5 Safety 3 Privacy 5 Cost 5 Efficiency 4 Accessibility 5 | It needs to be through informed participation of the neighbors. All neighbors should be represented. The neighbors know what their true needs are, and they live around the bus stops, but the planning experts can provide feedback on the effects of the people's ideas. You must have the experts and preferably a simulation, so that you can demonstrate to people when their ideas don't work. |
| Aaron | Stockton | Player 8 | Noise:5 Safety:1 Privacy:5 Cost:1 Efficiency:1 | Noise:5 Safety:1 Privacy:5 Cost:1 Efficiency:1 | Informed Participation. Find out who you're actually serving. I dont use the bus, and I dont need to. The added noise and traffic lower my utility, and this is probably the case with my neighbors, who are also rich, homebound, and lazy. The noise and traffic that comes with a bus stop is not wanted |
| Luke | Mattingly | Player 5 | Noise:2 Safety:5 Privacy:1 Cost:5 Efficiency: 5 Accessibility:2 | Noise: 4 Safety: 5 Privacy: 3 Cost: 5 Efficiency: 4 Accessibility: 1 | I think if planning experts give a rough outline for defining the bus route and then informed participators are used to dictate the specifics that would be the best. Planning experts have a lot more knowledge in general about the rules and regulations that must be in place, along with the limitations. While the community has more knowledge about their individual community and its personal needs |
| Andy | Truman | Player 3 | Noise: 2 Safety: 3 Privacy: 2 Cost: 3 Efficiency: 4 Accessibility: 4 | Noise: 2 Safety: 3 Privacy: 2 Cost: 3 Efficiency: 4 Accessibility: 4 | Planning a bus route cannot be done well without both participation and experts. In the end, people who use the bus and who live in the neighborhood are the ones who are impacted the most by a bus route, so expert planners alone cannot know all of the needs of the community. However, without expert planners, people will always want their own personal needs met and will have trouble reaching a consensus that benefits everyone the most. |
| Jennifer | Carlson | Player 4 | noise - 2 safety - 5 privacy - 2 cost - 4 efficiency - 5 | noise - 3 safety - 5 privacy - 2 cost - 4 efficiency - 5 | informed participation from the neighbors; neighbors understand the area better, and can come to a compromise about what works best for the group instead of one or two individuals |
