{"281001":{"#nid":"281001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"OneBusAway App Now Tracks MARTA Trains in Real Time","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe mobile app OneBusAway, which tracks public transportation in real time, now includes arrival times for MARTA trains in addition to the MARTA buses and Georgia Tech shuttles already featured in the app.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe app pulls GPS data from buses and trains and provides real-time arrival and departure data on users\u2019 smartphones, computers or on large video displays in stores or public areas. The app was integrated into Atlanta\u2019s transit network by Georgia Tech researchers last year, and the app\u2019s developers plan to add bus data for Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) Xpress, Cobb Community Transit (CCT), Gwinnett County Transit, the Atlantic Station shuttle, other local university systems, and other systems equipped with GPS tracking. (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/atlanta.onebusaway.org\/\u0022\u003EDownload and try the app by clicking here\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis app helps people who want the information before they get to the train station or bus stop,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/5861\/overview\u0022\u003EKari Watkins\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. \u201cFor bus and shuttle stops where there is no sign for next arrivals this app is the rider\u2019s only source of information.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/onebusaway.org\/\u0022\u003EOneBusAway\u003C\/a\u003E is free to download and has information on transit systems in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/atlanta.onebusaway.org\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta\u003C\/a\u003E, Seattle and Tampa. The app automatically recognizes which city the user is in, and captures data from the local transit source. The coding for the transit-tracking app was used to develop New York City\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bustime.mta.info\/\u0022\u003EMTA Bus Time\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe app gathers real-time location data by tapping GPS units already installed on buses and trains. Recently, MARTA made their GPS data publicly available so that software developers might use it to build apps and other tools to improve the rider experience. Riders can search OneBusAway for nearby train and bus stops and receive up-to-the-minute arrival and departure information.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMARTA also has a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/marta-on-the-go\/id386648039?mt=8\u0022\u003Ereal-time transit-tracking app\u003C\/a\u003E that provides information exclusively for its bus and train network.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of our priorities is improving the overall customer experience through the use of technology,\u201d said Keith T. Parker, MARTA\u2019s CEO. \u201cThat\u2019s why we launched the On-the-Go mobile app providing real-time train and bus arrivals. We\u2019re also excited to work with OneBusAway, and the metro Atlanta tech community, in developing solutions that will help retain and attract transit riders.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOneBusAway\u2019s ability to combine data on multiple transit agencies in the Atlanta region might be one way to attract riders, by helping them transfer more easily between transit systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe goal is to make OneBusAway multiagency, multiregional and multimodal,\u201d said Watkins, who co-founded the app while at the University of Washington in Seattle and is known on Twitter as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/transitmom\u0022\u003E@transitmom\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta version of the app is run by Watkins\u2019 research group, the Urban Transportation Information Lab. It has been developed by students Tushar Humbe, from the School of Computer Science, and Landon Reed, from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program is funded by Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/about\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E (IPaT), Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gvu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGraphics, Visualization, and Usability (GVU) Center\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nctspm.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENational Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management\u003C\/a\u003E and a U.S. Department of Transportation Eisenhower Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe idea behind the app is to take a lot of the guesswork out of riding public transportation. When riders are still at their desks, at home or in a coffee shop, they can open the app on their smartphone or computer, search for nearby transit options, and know exactly how many minutes they have until the next bus or train arrives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWatkins and Candace Brakewood, a PhD student with Watkins\u2019 group, are launching a new study in April that seeks to quantify how real-time transit information affects ridership through studies in Atlanta and New York City.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior studies from Watkins and colleagues of the OneBusAway app in Seattle and Tampa found that the app\u2019s users have a more favorable view of transit, feel safer on transit, spend less time waiting on buses and trains and report riding transit more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOneBusAway utilizes open-source software, so enterprising transit riders can suggest tweaks to the app or develop their own transit-arrival signs. On the web, OneBusAway features a mode that is compatible with large displays, so that businesses near transit can display real-time information for patrons wishing to ride a bus or train.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESomeday, Watkins envisions, transit riders will have an app that knows their route to work, what time they want to arrive, and sends alerts if a bus or train is going to be early or late.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt gives back some of the power you give away as a transit rider,\u201d Watkins said. \u003Cbr \/\u003EWatkins is a Georgia Tech alumna (CE 97) and was recently named to Mass Transit Magazine\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.masstransitmag.com\/article\/11107313\/top-40-under-40-2013-dr-kari-edison-watkins-pe\u0022\u003E40 Under 40 list\u003C\/a\u003E. Her \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cycleatlanta.org\/\u0022\u003ECycle Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E and OneBusAway apps have been making the rounds in local and national media for the ways they could change how people commute. She\u2019s also been an expert source for transportation stories by NPR and The Atlantic Cities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re all figuring out how we can optimize what we have and make better use of the space that exists,\u201d Watkins said. \u201cEven those who aren\u2019t environmentally minded recognize the congestion and space issues and are tired of it. We have to make all our modes function better, which includes providing better information.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDownload the free apps for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.joulespersecond.seattlebusbot\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003EAndroid\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/onebusaway\/id329380089?mt=8\u0022\u003EiPhone \u003C\/a\u003Eand \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/apps.microsoft.com\/windows\/en-US\/app\/onebusaway\/9210f431-94f5-4bfa-8d0f-4a948d7fceb7\u0022\u003EWindows Phone\u003C\/a\u003E or visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/onebusaway.org\/\u0022\u003Eatlanta.onebusaway.org\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research is supported by the National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management, a U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) University Transportation Center. Any conclusions or opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsoring agency.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia 30332-0181 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/GTResearchNews\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E@GTResearchNews\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts:\u003C\/strong\u003E Brett Israel (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/btiatl\u0022\u003E@btiatl\u003C\/a\u003E) (404-385-1933) (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brett.israel@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebrett.israel@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986) (\u003Ca 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student-chosen food trucks will call Georgia Tech\u2019s campus home. Just which trucks those will be depends upon feedback gathered from a mini food truck festival, the Tech Truck Tournament, held on campus last week.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech Truck Tournament, held Tuesday, Feb. 26, invited popular Atlanta food trucks to campus for a one-day event. The 16 invitees set up shop around the perimeter of Tech Green. Students, faculty and staff from across campus flocked to the trucks, determined to eat their way through as many vendors as possible.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEsther Shin, a first year mechanical engineering student, heard about the event on Facebook and from flyers posted on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was so sad when they postponed the original event,\u201d she said, referring to a delay caused by snow days the week before. \u201cHaving food trucks on campus gives me more of a city experience, and I\u2019m excited to try these [pulled pork and Asian rib-eye tacos] from Yumbii.\u201d Yumbii is an Asian-Mexican food truck.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut on Tuesday, the choice between fish tacos and meatball sliders wasn\u2019t as straightforward as it might have seemed. Event feedback, including customer count by truck, will help determine which food trucks receive permits to operate on campus year-round. As Rich Steele, senior director of Campus Services explained, \u201cWe\u2019re asking people to initially vote with their purchases, and in the afternoon they\u2019ll be sent an email link to a website where they can complete a survey.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat survey, the link for which was sent to event attendees, who swiped their BuzzCards while waiting in line, allowed diners to rate the trucks they visited on both customer service and food quality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Tournament, co-hosted by Campus Services, Dining Services, and the Student Center, was not the first step in bringing food trucks to campus, though it may have been the most publicly visible. Inspiration for the idea struck more than a year ago, and administrators have since come to view the integration of food trucks into Tech dining culture as an important development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith food trucks so prevalent in Atlanta, the city offers an incredible variety of foods, especially ethnic cuisines, and we just can\u2019t offer that range of food on campus by ourselves,\u201d Steele said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cIncreasing the variety of options students have will increase their dining satisfaction, and that\u2019s a major goal.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn-campus food truck service is set to begin the week of March 24, the week after spring break.\u0026nbsp; Before that happens, administrators will issue operating permits to between six and 10 of the most popular food trucks, all based on the results from the Tournament.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETrucks from this group will offer lunch service Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a rotational schedule determining who comes each day. Up to four trucks will operate on campus daily.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe food trucks will be centrally located on campus, specifically at two places: the College of Architecture plaza behind Clough Commons and the College of Computing plaza near the Howey Physics building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBogna Grabicka, a research scientist in the chemical and biomolecular engineering building, believes the food trucks will help promote an even greater sense of community on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA mix [of students and faculty] can come, students can stand in line with professors and chat,\u201d she said. \u201cTalking about food doesn\u2019t require a degree.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2014\/03\/04\/festival-gives-food-trucks-right-way-campus\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2014\/03\/04\/festival-gives-food-trucks-right-way-campus\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2014\/03\/04\/festival-gives-food-trucks-right-w...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Move over Howell Mill Food Truck Park; the Tech community will soon be able to satisfy its cravings for \u201cmeals on wheels\u201d right here on campus."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy the end of March, a group of student-chosen food trucks will call Georgia Tech\u2019s campus home. Just which trucks those will be depends upon feedback gathered from a mini food truck festival, the Tech Truck Tournament, held on campus last week. The Tech Truck Tournament, held Tuesday, Feb. 26, invited popular Atlanta food trucks to campus for a one-day event. The 16 invitees set up shop around the perimeter of Tech Green. 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The team is made up of Audrey Plummer, Dawn Riley and Logan Tuura, who are all pursuing dual master degrees in architecture and in city and regional planning; Blair Revercomb, a master\u2019s in city and regional planning student; and Yigong Zhang, a master\u2019s in urban design student while an exchange student from Tongji University in Shanghai.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competition, which is in its 12\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E year, offers graduate students the opportunity to form multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use. From over 150 entries, only four finalist teams are chosen. This year, those teams will compete in Nashville, Tennessee, presenting their proposals for redevelopment of the city\u2019s historic Sulphur Dell neighborhood.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a fantastic honor and opportunity for our team,\u201d said Ellen Dunham-Jones, professor, coordinator of the masters in urban design program, and faculty advisor to the team. \u201cThis competition is the premier urban design competition of its kind. It\u2019s a terrific learning experience \u2013 forcing the designers to think more like developers and vice versa, but it is also extraordinarily competitive. It will push them to be at the top of their game, but will make a lasting impact on their professional lives. It\u2019s great to see the interdisciplinary collaboration \u2013 amongst the students as well as all of the faculty, alumni, and local professionals who assisted during the initial two-week phase. We are all 100% behind them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAudrey Plummer, team leader on the project, said, \u201cThe ULI competition is an intense experience, because we have to produce high-quality work in a very short time frame. Working effectively in an interdisciplinary team is essential to producing a great project. Being a finalist is very exciting and our team is proud to represent Georgia Tech and the College of Architecture.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe teams will send a representative to do a site visit in March, then will have two weeks to finalize their proposals. The final presentations are slated for April 3 in Nashville.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is part of the Institute\u2019s ongoing effort to raise interest among young people in creating better communities, improving development patterns, and increasing awareness of the need for multidisciplinary solutions to development and design challenges. Teams must be comprised of students from at least three disciplines, working to devise a comprehensive design and development program for a real, large-scale site full of challenges and opportunities. Submissions must include drawings, site plans, tables, and market-feasible financial data for the designated site.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the competition and to see the team\u2019s proposal, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/uli.org\/programs\/awards-competitions\/hines-student-design-competition\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/uli.org\/programs\/awards-competitions\/hines-student-design-competition\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time, a team of graduate students from Georgia Tech has made it to the finals of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Urban Design competition. The team is made up of Audrey Plummer, Dawn Riley and Logan Tuura, who are all pursuing dual master degrees in architecture and in city and regional planning; Blair Revercomb, a master\u2019s in city and regional planning student; and Yigong Zhang, a master\u2019s in urban design student while an exchange student from Tongji University in Shanghai.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech team named finalists in prestigious Urban Land Institute Hines Student Urban Design competition, will compete for $50K first prize."}],"uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2014-02-27 08:56:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:55","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"279331":{"id":"279331","type":"image","title":"ULI team image1","body":null,"created":"1449244168","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:28","changed":"1475894971","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:31","alt":"ULI team image1","file":{"fid":"199034","name":"birdseye.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/birdseye.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/birdseye.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":404858,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/birdseye.jpg?itok=rDH-JxFl"}},"279341":{"id":"279341","type":"image","title":"ULI team image2","body":null,"created":"1449244168","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:28","changed":"1475894971","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:31","alt":"ULI team image2","file":{"fid":"199035","name":"uli_board.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/uli_board.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/uli_board.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":563867,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/uli_board.jpg?itok=sc3UvTI4"}}},"media_ids":["279331","279341"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"167177","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"87621","name":"ULI competition"},{"id":"227","name":"urban design"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Herrmann\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-0693\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"277261":{"#nid":"277261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Targeted Community Engagement in Health Impact Assessments","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDoctors advise patients on how to stay healthy, they diagnose illnesses, and they recommend treatments to help patients overcome their conditions. In many ways, a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) provides the same advice to communities, instructing them on how to improve public health through the design of the built environment. HIAs shed light on the health impacts of plans and policies that typically fall outside of the public health arena, such as transportation plans and land use policies, and incorporate them into the decision-making process. While most HIAs include a deliberate community engagement component, Anna Rose Harkness (MCRP \u002713) writes in her 2013 applied research paper that some segments of the population are less likely to participate in the process than others, and the results of HIAs may not fully represent the needs of a community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/1853\/48753\/AnnaHarkness_Engaging%20Vulnerable%20Populations%20in%20Health%20Impact%20Assessment.pdf?sequence=1\u0022\u003EEngaging Vulnerable Populations in Health Impact Assessment\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EHarkness sets out to find which populations may be overlooked by traditional methods of community engagement and what strategies can increase participation from vulnerable groups. Through a review of existing literature on challenges in community engagement and working with vulnerable populations, an evaluation of HIAs from eleven states (using the Health Impact Project\u2019s HIA database), and interviews with HIA practitioners and policy experts, she develops a framework for engaging vulnerable populations in HIAs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe resulting framework aims to make the successful engagement of vulnerable populations an integral part of the HIA process. 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Just as a doctor would be sure to examine the most vulnerable parts of the human body to respond to a patient\u2019s needs, this framework helps HIA practitioners engage a community\u2019s most vulnerable populations and create recommendations that are more responsive to all residents in a community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAnna Rose Harkness is a 2013 graduate of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of City and Regional Planning. 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Dobbins draws maps on whatever material is at hand \u2013 napkins, scrap paper, the border of pages of other maps. Dobbins uses full-sized paper once he\u2019s fleshed out the ideas. The Tech students Dobbins has overseen in the past year have created highly detailed maps that address issues ranging from transportation to environment. 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More than $66 million in grants and investments poured into the community to build new housing during this period,\u0026nbsp;but few of these new units were affordable enough for long-time residents to rent or purchase. 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