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The Motorcycle Taxi Driver As A Community Reporter: Guidelines For The Promotion Of A Marginalized Group's Participation In The Improvement Of Public Space By Using Information And Communication Technology, Nattapong Punnoi
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Motorcycle taxi drivers are a group of laborers in the informal sector who are socially shunned and are often harassed by the authorities and local infl uential people. Research has found that motorcycletaxi drivers have the potential to gather information concerning problems occurring in public spaces to be compiled into a database to encourage problem solving. Furthermore, smartphones are found to be a tool that assists motorcycle taxi drivers in effectively collecting information relating to problems that they encounter. Thus, the researcher, in collaboration with motorcycle taxi driver groups, has developed key concepts and an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) …