How to debate and vote on ULEZ Statements
Here is some basic information on how to participate in Consensual Debating and vote.
The INFO tab contains key objectives and information about the ULEZ project mainly originated from the sponsor’s organization. Read this AFTER you have voted on the initial Statement
The DEBATE Menu on the right supports the voting process. It has several sub tabs corresponding to each objective. Each objective is preceded by the the project’s acronym like ULEZ.
- ULEZ 1 – Improve air quality
- ULEZ 2 – Encourage sustainable transportation
- ULEZ 3 – Optimize car use
- ULEZ 4 – Minimize negative social impact of ULEZ expansion 5
- ULEZ 5 – Target most polluting vehicle
Objectives are numbered from 1-5. The First objective (0) contains just one initial statement. In ULEZ case it is ‘The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) needs to be extended to outer London’ . The intention is to create a baseline for the voting showing how the participants voted without any prior knowledge about the objectives and all arguments and counterarguments of the proposed motion. That’s why on any project, the participants should first make an initial voted before reading any documentation and starting a debate.
Each of the objectives contains about 10 ‘seed statements’ prepared in advance by the AI Assistant. These are initial ‘seed statements’:
- Reduces reliance on personal cars
- Encourages use of public transportation
- Increases use of walking and cycling
- Reduces carbon emissions from road transport
- Reduces traffic congestion in London
- Improves air quality
- Makes London more liveable and accessible
- Increases public health and well-being
- Helps London reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030
- Promotes sustainable mobility in London.
You can add your own statements during voting on which all participants will be voting in the next round. Therefeore, after the first round there will be more statements added by the participants. By the end of the final round there will usually be about 10 statements for each objective
After each voting there is a break and a facilitated deliberation eitehr in person or online, whern the participants are shown the overall results and any additional statements, which have been introduced by the participants for a given objective. If the first round of voting does not create 60% majority for at least one statement, then there are subsequent voting rounds, until such a majority has been achieved.
After the final deliberation and voting round there is one more voting. This is the voting on the overall motion (proposal), which is marked F. It contains the same statement as the 0 objective e.g. in ULEZ case it is : ‘The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) needs to be extended to outer London’ . The results of the voting for particular objectives and the final voting are summarized in a Report, like for ULEZ.
The voting is closed once all objectives have at least one statement, for which there is a 60% majority. If the voting is carried out without facilitators, e.g. online, then the next round will normally be opened by Consensus AI next day. This process will shortly be completely and seamlessly managed by an AI Assistant. However, you can see the results of the voting at the end of the round once you have entered your email address. These results are at the very bottom of the screen (read a short instruction how to interpret the results – CLICK ON ‘MORE‘) and the click on ‘MAJORITY OPINION’, which will show which group has voted for which statement with at leest 60% majority.
The pages that enable voting look like the one below. When you have clicked on one of the DEBATE’s subtabs, you will be shown the first statement on which to vote. All initial statements are listed in the upper part of the page (see below). The pages for ULEZ case study (and on Digital Identities) projects are not locked, so you can vote without any restrictions. You will only see the result of your vote for a given statement, not for the whole project, as this requires the facilitator’s presence. Watch how your vote has impacted the overall vote (blue circle) and your relative position to others who have voted before you.
This section supports voting on ULEZ Statements.