http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: galloway - Recent Topics en Sun, 17 May 2026 16:54:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21907#post-383670 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:52:22 +0000 Arellcat 383670@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I happened to be browsing Public Contracts Scotland, and came across this advertisement for "active travel gamification".</p> <p><blockquote>We would like to understand what the market currently offers in the way gamification that encourages active travel by turning a town into a game where the objective is to visit designated locations by active means on an ongoing basis with options for multiple prize periods.</p> <p>The game shall provide a public facing website / app that provides leader boards and records individual progress and allows registration and collection of health, demographic and travel metrics for monitoring and evaluation purposes.</p> <p>Arrival at designated points of interest shall be recorded and uploaded to the appropriate dashboards automatically and the recording of arrival be by RFID or other or other electronic means.</blockquote></p> <p><a href="https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT542167" rel="nofollow">https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT542167</a></p> <p>Perhaps I'm getting a bit too old and cynical for gamification ideas, but perhaps the younger generation will like it. I liked Love to Ride at first but endless "you're doing awesome" feels hollow when there's no real incentive other than one's own fitness. If there was free pizza though...!</p> <p>I can't even get my own work to support a bike breakfast "because too many non-cyclists would use it too", and the solution thus far has been Bring Your Own Coffee. </p>