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Metro Magazine: Travel Software to Aid Disabled Riders

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March 25, 2009

I posted on this earlier, but thought I would note the recent Metro Magazine article on a Travel Assistant Device (TAD), a research project conducted at the University of South Florida’s National Center for Transit Research. This travel assistance system for sight-impaired or cognitively disabled passengers allows them to plan a transit trip and download […]

Open source and open data make for transit innovation

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September 11, 2008

If you ever have the pleasure of visiting Portland, Oregon, one of the things you will notice make the city great is their transit system called TriMet. One of the best parts of riding TriMet, for me, is how available and easy-to-use their information is. A few examples: When you arrive at the airport, next […]