CommuteARoute

"Let us worry about your commute"

Michael Ottinger, Corey Rogers, Viet Nguyen, David Owen

Traffic congestion is a problem all over the world!

Delhi, India

Photo credit: Flickr user N-O-M-A-D; licensed CC-BY-2.0. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trafficjamdelhi.jpg)

Washington, D.C.

Peterson, Brent: The Joy of the Daily Commute, http://fulltimechristianity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/WashingtonTraffic.jpg

Traffic causes stress!

Artz, Rebecca: Long Commutes Make You Stressed, Tired, Far, Angry, and Much More Likely to Have a Heart Attack.http://cgdailydrive.com/long-commutes-make-you-stressed-tired-fat-angry-and-much-more-likely-to-have-a-heart-attack/

Delays affect transit riders, too!

January 30, 2013: Incident on Green Line disrupts service and leaves thousands of

passengers stranded for hours!

Credit: Washington Post, "2,000 Green Line riders stranded on trains for hours after equipment along track catches fire", January 30, 2013

WMATA failed to provide effective alternatives:

Commuting...SUCKS

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Our target users

Collins, Donnell: "Inauguration Day: Getting on the Metro", http://blogs.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconblog/2009/01/inauguration-day-getting-on-th.html

sasd Photo Credit: Dominic Lipinski (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/10/1244624916745/Commuters-cross-Waterloo--001.jpg)

Photo Credit: Dan Gleiter (http://media.pennlive.com/midstate_impact/photo/traffic-1-0318-dcgjpg-6d79af6af666c4d6.jpg)

How will we research our users?

Past solutions

Google Now

• Automatically learns commute route and times

• Automatic traffic notifications before/during/after commute

Google Now. http://www.google.com/landing/now/

NextBus

Useful for public transit users, NextBus polls for the next arrivals for various transit systems across the US, including the University of Maryland

NextBus.http://www.nextbus.com/

What is CommuteARoute?

Via maps and alerts, we utilize a wide variety of data sources to better inform

users of:

Transit info Accidents, Construction,

Delays

Crime and Safety Info

Washington D.C. Metro Map, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/wrctraffic/metromap/front.html

Madrid, Aaron: "Road Construction Ahead…and Behind…and Over There…", http://www.thinklafayette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/road-construction2.jpg

Thompson, Isaiah: Crime Drop Varies By Neighborhood (2013), http://axisphilly.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/NBcrime-800x555.jpg

User data is used not only for one’s use, but helps inform others too!

• Tracking the user’s commute route and time is performed on the device by geolocation. This data is analyzed to suggest alternatives.

• We inform users of accidents, delays, and other adverse events via user-reported data.

We help the user log how efficient their commute is.

Not only would the system compute average times of certain routes, but we would also allow for the user to log the costs of fuel and transit fares.

And we suggest alternatives to lower costs or travel time!

With the user's commute data, we can find options that could make their commute cheaper or faster. For instance, they might be able to take bus/rail, carpool, taxi, or in some cases walk or bike.

Questions?