WizGo

WizGo – Digital tool for urban wellbeing

Team:
Martin Schlecht (M.Sc.)
Jakob Stimpfl (B. Sc.)
Christos Perentis (Ph.D.)

Sector:
Mobility, transport & urban governance and planning

Mentor:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Liudger Dienel

Faculty:
Faculty I – Humanities and Educational Sciences
Institute of Vocational Education and Work Studies
Department of Work, Technology and Participation

Support:
EXIST-Gründerstipendium: 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2021

Our idea

Public spaces and transport in cities in Europe are safe spaces and a safe way to travel. However, fears increase and changed and will change the way we act, interact and travel in public. This uncertainty directly affects transport providers; they lose customers; the effective allocation of security and hygiene measures is vague and thus costly. Passengers suffer from a feeling of insecurity, that can be absorbed through community, solidarity and information.

With “WizGo”, citizens feel part of a trusted solidarity group and move safe and healthy throughout the city. WizGo’s uses implicit spatial ad-hoc community in public spaces to facilitate immediate support through fellow passengers. The App will create a community of solidarity with citizens, providers and authorities to interact, support and travel together. Providers in return will get a heatmap based on passenger’s interaction and their subjective security in their network.