Digital Matatus

Collaborative Mapping for Public Transit Everywhere

Overview

Digital Matatus shows how to leverage the ubiquitous nature of cellphone technology in developing countries to collect data for essential infrastructure give it out freely and in the process spur innovation and improved services for citizens. Conceived out of collaboration between Kenyan and American universities and the technology sector in Nairobi this project captured transit data for Nairobi developed mobile routing applications and designed a new transit map for the city. The data maps and apps are free and available to the public transforming the way people navigate and think about their transportation system.