Trufi Association

Apps making sustainable mobility convenient for everyone. Open data for transport innovation, research, and better cities.
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2025-06-12

“Digitalizing transport routes through collaborative processes helps cities plan better" – Bon Squid, (right)

The future of mobility is built with communities, not for them.

xitter @SmartCityLATAM @hotosm @CodeandoMexico

#Mexico #GlobalSouthTransportMapping #mapping #GIS #GeospatialData #OpenStreetMap #TransportationJustice #Gender #TrufiAssociation

Six panelists standing together at a transportation conference, wearing conference badges and lanyards. From left to right: a woman in a black dress, a woman in a burgundy blazer holding what appears to be an award or certificate, a woman in a dark blue blazer, a bearded man in a dark blue shirt, a woman in a red blazer, and a man in a black t-shirt with a bicycle graphic and baseball cap (Juan Manuel Berdeja Maldonado). Behind them is a presentation screen with Spanish text about public transportation, and conference signage is visible in the background.
2025-06-11

Trufi's Leonardo Gutiérrez with Anahi Gonzalez at Smart City Expo LATAM in Mexico

Leo speaks today "Training for Mayors: Collaborative Mapping of Informal Transport."

Xitter @SmartCityLATAM @hotosm @CodeandoMexico

#Mexico #Oaxaca #Toluca #SalinaCruz #GlobalSouthTransportMapping #mapping #GIS #GeospatialData #OpenStreetMap #HOTOSM #TransportationJustice #Gender #Photography #OriginalPhoto #TrufiAssociation

Anahi Gonzalez and Leonardo Gutiérrez smiling together at Smart City Expo LATAM in Mexico
2025-06-05

Puerto Escondido and Salina Cruz’s transport networks are now where they belong: on the map

Community-led mapping in Oaxaca from our project with Codeando Mexico and HOTOSM.

via
LinkedIn @MapaData
Xitter @CodeandoMexico @hotosm

#Americas #NorthAmerica #Mexico #Oaxaca #Toluca #SalinaCruz #GlobalSouthTransportMapping #mapping #GIS #GeospatialData #OpenStreetMap #HOTOSM #TransportationJustice #TrufiAssociation

2025-06-05

New mappers were trained to document routes, tackle accessibility challenges, and strengthen local leadership in mobility. "Mapear es construir en comunidad" — mapping builds collective understanding. They're filling the gaps in maps and creating systems where informal transport is recognized, respected, and improved.

2025-06-05

An informal transport payment platform that uses WhatsApp as a front end

The solution meets people where they already are - in chat platforms and informal vehicles.

Via xitter @CapeTalk

youtu.be/zNHhiipx4WA

#Africa #SouthAfrica #informaltransport #populartransport #innovation #TransportationJustice #WhatsApp #TrufiAssociation

2025-06-04

Cities with strong OpenStreetMap communities don’t just have better transport data — they can have more equitable mobility.

via bsky @itsinternational.bsky.social

itsinternational.com/feature/b

#DataCollection #mapping #opendata #OpenStreetMap #TransportationJustice #Gender #TrufiAssociation

2025-05-29

Top-down "solutions" fail when they ignore local knowledge—like the 80% of workers who rely on informal jobs. Digitize informal minibuses, don't ban them; upgrade streets for walking and cycling, not just for cars.

2025-05-29
2025-05-28

Trufi, HOTOSM, and Codeando México are turning riders into public transport architects.

Via xitter @CodeandoMexico @SEMOVI_GobOax

#Mexico #Oaxaca #Toluca #SalinaCruz #mapping #GIS #GeospatialData #OpenStreetMap #HOTOSM #TrufiAssociation

Social post in Spanish about a Trufi-led mapping workshop in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, where 16 youth mapped nearly all local public transport routes in one day using free software.
2025-05-27

The Duitama Mapping Stars have mapped public transport across two continents—from Kenya to Peru to Mexico. Now we need your help to send them to OpenStreetMap's biggest Latin American conference.

Donate Here: tinyurl.com/yqapg2gh

#OpenStreetMap #SotMLatam #TransportMapping #PublicTransport #TransportationJustice #SustainableMobility #OpenData #CommunityMapping #TrufiAssociation

2025-05-27

These skilled high school students from the Salesian School of Duitama have made contributions to transport mapping, tackling one of the most difficult and impactful kinds of OpenStreetMap work.

Their data enables cities to plan better and commuters to move easier through open data solutions. They've mapped informal transport networks in cities including Toluca, Oaxaca, Nairobi, Cochabamba, Arequipa, and Trujillo.

2025-05-27

Games leveraging open data educate and activate.

"City Bus Manager" and "Global Farmer" use OSM to orient players to real geography, with real-world impact. Players fix missing field boundaries, report map errors, and advocate for transport changes.

"We’ve heard stories of players who became interested in public transport as a career.”

2025-05-27

OpenStreetMap turns games into tools for understanding—and improving—real-world mobility.

HT Lemmy @schnurrito

via threads @verge

theverge.com/games/672035/open

#mapping #gaming #GIS #GeospatialData #opendata #OpenStreetMap #HOTOSM #TrufiAssociation

2025-05-26

ITF’s Josephine Macharia: Informal transport sector players should be recognized and included in climate research, policy, planning and investments. "If you want to get the most out of your investments, you have to actually involve these operators."

Panel speakers at the ITF conference (L-R): Josephine Macharia, Benji De La Pena, Jacqueline Klopp
2025-05-23

Preparing for the State of the Map Latin America in Medellín

Help Sponsor our Student Mapping Stars to attend the event here: tinyurl.com/yqapg2gh

Video by Telegram @la_nenemini One of the volunteers for the event

#Colombia #Medellin #SOTMLATAM2025 #SOTM2025 #mapping #GIS #GeospatialData #OpenStreetMap #TrufiAssociation

2025-05-22

@fedithom Herrenberg specified open source and open data specifically so that the code could be reused for other cities. There are plans for more German cities.

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