In February, WhereIsMyTransport raised US$7.5 million in a Series A funding round, with investment from companies including Google and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC).
The startup first began mapping cities in Africa in 2015, before expanding to India, Southeast Asia , and Latin America.
It is currently focused on bridging the information gap around informal modes of transport like minibusses and rickshaws, which account for a high proportion of urban travel in developing cities globally.
Bangkok is the third emerging ‘megacity’ WhereIsMyTransport has mapped, after Mexico City and Dhaka, and the firm plans to be the first mapping operator to collect a complete set of data on formal and informal public transport in the developing world’s 30 largest cities by 2023.
“The production and maintenance of this mobility data is a fundamental first step towards transforming the public transport experience for hundreds of millions of people, and with it the social, cultural, and economic landscape of these cities,” said Devin de Vries, CEO, WhereIsMyTransport.
“We recruit large local teams, train them to use our proprietary suite of tools, and work alongside them to collect data on the public networks that they know better than anybody – this collaborative method means we uncover every nuance in these unique, home-grown transport systems.”
https://thenextweb.com/shift/2021/01/19/how-bangkoks-40000-kilometer-transport-network-was-mapped-for-the-first-time-syndication/
https://www.whereismytransport.com/
The startup first began mapping cities in Africa in 2015, before expanding to India, Southeast Asia , and Latin America.
It is currently focused on bridging the information gap around informal modes of transport like minibusses and rickshaws, which account for a high proportion of urban travel in developing cities globally.
Bangkok is the third emerging ‘megacity’ WhereIsMyTransport has mapped, after Mexico City and Dhaka, and the firm plans to be the first mapping operator to collect a complete set of data on formal and informal public transport in the developing world’s 30 largest cities by 2023.
“The production and maintenance of this mobility data is a fundamental first step towards transforming the public transport experience for hundreds of millions of people, and with it the social, cultural, and economic landscape of these cities,” said Devin de Vries, CEO, WhereIsMyTransport.
“We recruit large local teams, train them to use our proprietary suite of tools, and work alongside them to collect data on the public networks that they know better than anybody – this collaborative method means we uncover every nuance in these unique, home-grown transport systems.”
https://thenextweb.com/shift/2021/01/19/how-bangkoks-40000-kilometer-transport-network-was-mapped-for-the-first-time-syndication/
https://www.whereismytransport.com/