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The key to a successful commuter challenge is in the ability to collect
data. Over several years, volunteer contributions to Ottawa Commuter
Challenge event run annually by Auto-Free Ottawa have resulted in a sophisticated
web based data collection system.
In its original form, it was targeted at one city only. Redesigns in 1999
and 2000 have resulted in the software being ready to support multiple cities
on a single system, but this facility had never been tested.
The project was divided into five major phases:
- Phase one
- setup a system capable of handling the anticipated load
- Phase two
- transform all Ottawa-specific pieces into more generic
templates that can be filled in easily during phase four
- Phase three
- test system with a second city (Vancouver - BEST) enabled,
and with multiple respondents picked from several cooperative
audiences (e.g. Environment Canada, BC Ministry, BEST,
etc. employees). Bring up national portal.
- Phase four
- accept applications from Canadian communities wishing
to use the system, and configure the appropriate templates for their
use.
- Phase five
- run the event.
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Michael Richardson
2001-08-28