{"id":4057,"date":"2016-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/ph\/blog\/real-time-data-grab-world-bank-helps-philippine-government-improve-traffic-management-major-cities\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:00:00","slug":"real-time-data-grab-world-bank-helps-philippine-government-improve-traffic-management-major-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/ph\/blog\/real-time-data-grab-world-bank-helps-philippine-government-improve-traffic-management-major-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-Time Data From Grab and World Bank Helps  Philippine Government Improve Traffic Management in Major Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANILA, April 5, 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Grab, The World Bank, and the Department of Transportation and\u00a0Communications (DOTC) launched today the OpenTraffic initiative, which will address traffic\u00a0congestion and road safety challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic management agencies and city planners will soon have access to real-time data to better\u00a0manage traffic flows on the streets of Cebu City and Metro Manila.<\/p>\n<p>Grab is the leading ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia and operates in 30 cities across six\u00a0countries \u2013 Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>Grab and the World Bank have been developing free, open-source tools that translate Grab\u2019s\u00a0voluminous driver GPS data into anonymized traffic statistics, including speeds, flows, and\u00a0intersection delays. These statistics power big data open source tools such as OpenTraffic, for\u00a0analysing traffic speeds and flows, and DRIVER, for identifying road incident blackspots and\u00a0improving emergency response timing. Grab and the World Bank plan to make OpenTraffic\u00a0available to other Southeast Asian city governments in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing big data is one of the potential solutions to the challenges faced by our transport\u00a0systems. Through this we can provide accurate, real-time information that can help alleviate\u00a0traffic congestion and improve road safety,\u201d said DOTC Secretary Joseph Emilio A. Abaya.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the World Bank and DOTC helped train more than 200 government staff from the\u00a0agency, the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA),\u00a0the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and the Cebu City Transportation\u00a0Office on the use of the OpenTraffic platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to collaborate with the DOTC and World Bank on the OpenTraffic program to\u00a0help address traffic congestion along Metro Manila\u2019s major thoroughfares, making local public\u00a0transportation systems safe and accessible for commuters,\u201d said Poch Ceballos, Head of\u00a0GrabTaxi, Grab Philippines. \u201cWe share a common objective of using big data to make critical\u00a0decisions about traffic and infrastructure management. With Grab\u2019s network of drivers travelling\u00a0across Philippine cities every day, there is a rich real-time GPS dataset now readily available to\u00a0DOTC as our public service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the near future, traffic statistics derived through OpenTraffic will be fed into another\u00a0application called \u201cDRIVER\u201d or Data for Road Incident Visualization, Evaluation, and Reporting\u00a0for road incident recording and analysis. This application, developed by the World Bank, will\u00a0help engineering units to prioritize crash-prone areas for interventions and improve emergency\u00a0response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy leveraging advances in open-software and big data collaborations with companies like\u00a0Grab, transport managers and city planners can have access to the most advanced congestion\u00a0management analytical tools available,\u201d said Mara Warwick, World Bank Country Director.<\/p>\n<p>Commuters and drivers in Metro Manila may look forward to traffic improvements based on\u00a0studies that will be conducted during the pilot, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Peak hour analysis along key corridors \u2013 this can help in designing effective\u00a0travel demand management policies;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Travel time reliability \u2013 with this initiative, the Philippines will be able to quantify\u00a0urban travel time reliability for use as a benchmark for making improvements;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Corridor vulnerability to inclement weather or traffic incidents \u2013 by analyzing\u00a0traffic flows due to these factors, the DoTC can begin designing flexible routing\u00a0schemes; and<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Identification of road incident blackspots \u2013 with OpenTraffic data integrated with\u00a0the DRIVER platform, agencies like DPWH and local engineering departments can\u00a0identify and prioritize high-incidence areas for interventions and improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThrough this initiative, the Philippines will leapfrog traditional approaches to road safety, traffic\u00a0management, and planning,\u201d said Holly Krambeck, World Bank Senior Transportation\u00a0Specialist. \u201cThe country is among the pioneers in the region and the Bank is honored to work\u00a0with the Philippines to lead this initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to World Bank support, grant funding for the development of the OpenTraffic and\u00a0DRIVER open source platforms has been provided by the Korean Green Growth Trust Fund.\u00a0This fund helps World Bank Group client countries with knowledge to plan and implement green\u00a0growth strategies, initiatives, and investments.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANILA, April 5, 2016 \u2013 Grab, The World Bank, and the Department of Transportation and\u00a0Communications (DOTC) launched today the OpenTraffic initiative, which will address traffic\u00a0congestion and road safety challenges. Traffic management agencies and city planners will soon have access to real-time data to better\u00a0manage traffic flows on the streets of Cebu City and Metro Manila. 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