What is it?
‘Use the motion’ mobile app is aimed at transforming motion while striving for contact with both nature and humans.
The goal is to have the user spend their earnings, accumulated through the motion of their bodies, on various alternatives. Our main goal is to set the body in motion either by walking or by using vehicles without engines (bicycles, skates, scooters, etc.). Points earned through the change of location can be directed to different uses (public transport tickets, city theaters, social facilities, activities, isbike, etc.). This app is expected to contribute to environmental, economic, and social sustainability at both micro and macro levels, as well as benefiting the physical, mental, and social development of the individual. It is believed that a sense of social belonging and interaction will be brought about as a result of the development of social awareness in support of low carbon emissions and integrating this movement to daily life.
Why?
Due to the increase in the use of motorized transportation thanks to its advantages such as speed and time saving , human bodies fell to a state of acceptance of ‘motionlessness’.
The contemporary adoption of the private car-centered lifestyle is directly related to this issue. Young people, who are situated at the heart of the problem are aware of this motionlessness. The fact that they use and control digital applications which measure daily movement is an indicator of their awareness of their motionlessness. On the other hand, the lack of awareness to act together displayed by pedestrians, and riders of vehicles and bicycles, is an indicator of a lack of social awareness, as it is a factor contributing to motionlessness. There are underlying environmental and psychological factors behind human bodies’ acceptance of the matter. As examples of factors affecting riders of vehicles without engines and pedestrians while in motion, we can give the physical obstacles to motion, the lack of continuity in bike and pedestrian roads, and the bicycle riders having conflicts with pedestrians on pedestrian roads and with motor vehicles on motorways.