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Augmented Reality Comes to TriMet
Clearly an escape from the real world is required. Seriously, there are several new applications making use of TriMet’s open data, and a couple of them take an augmented reality approach. For example, you can point your camera phone at a bus stop and get an overlay of the next arrival time. Very cool, but…
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Feds to the Rescue on Transit Operations?
The “Public Transportation Preservation Act of 2010” was introduced in the Senate yesterday. According to Transportation for America it will: …authorize $2 billion for transit agencies nationwide to help close funding gaps in operating costs. Transit agencies can use these funds to reduce fare increases and restore services that were cut after January 2009 or…
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Why You Ride Where You Ride
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Joe Broach, PhD student, Urban Studies, Portland State University Topic: Developing a Bicyclist Route Choice Model Using GPS Data Abstract: Existing regional travel forecasting systems are not typically set up to forecast usage of bicycle infrastructure and are insensitive to bicyclists’ route…