abstreet/docs/project/motivation.md
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# Project motivation
http://www.govtech.com/data/SimCities-Can-City-Planning-Mistakes-Be-Avoided-Through-Data-Driven-Simulations.html
"Only with simple, accessible simulation programs can citizens become active
generators of their own urban visions, not just passive recipients of options
laid out by government officials."
## Open questions
Why is crowdsourcing useful? People have specific expertise, more investment in hyper-local changes.
Why don't people participate today? Apathy, lack of access, lack of expertise, gov wont do anything with feedback?
Why do people participate in Seattle despite having something like A/B Street?
## Why now?
Emphasis on long-term or very disruptive changes (AVs, eventual light rail).
AVs could be a forcing function to re-evaluate how space in a city is
allocated.
## Project outcomes
Best and worst cases (just a game, inspire, actually cause changes)