myJoziMoves

About myJoziMoves Android App

Transport should be about people. We want to find out how people move around Jozi so
planners, researchers, and government can better meet transit needs! With all of the new and old transportation systems around Gauteng and beyond we need accurate, representative, and detailed information about how people really move around this highly urbanised area more than ever. This is particularly significant because socioeconomic opportunities for growth and employment as well as global and local opportunities for improved sustainability and social justice rely on city-regions as crucial drivers of development.
So – download the app and show us YOUR Jozi moves!

The details:
myJoziMoves works like sports applications such as Runtastic and Strava. Sensors in smartphones can detect the speed and frequency you are moving, and the app simply collects this information and matches how these movements correspond to typical modes of transportation in and around the greater Johannesburg/Gauteng area.
Each time you move while the app is running, your pathway will be collected and displayed to you on
your phone. This information is just for you – your privacy is of the highest importance to us – and it is not shared with other participants, any sponsors, or outside institutions of any kind. When you sign up, you enter your name and information if you want to be eligible for prizes, but your path is collected anonymously and we
will never release any names or personal information beyond the prize winners. The app simply records your positions and modes of transportation, and then sends them to our secure server in Switzerland with a time delay – again to protect your privacy – where we will make maps of aggregate pathways by people using different modes.