One idea that just came to me when watching Sam Joseph’s
week 2 video was when he mentioned logistical issues in my life relating to
school and for some reason the first thing that pops into my mind is the
school’s shuttle system. Now the shuttle system isn’t that bad or too much of
an issue, I feel its decent but I think I know a way to help make it better.
The school’s very own Shuttle estimated arrival time program/ app. I actually
first heard of this idea back during my freshmen year in college at either a
computer club meeting or from a professor, I can’t really remember exactly who
I got the idea from but it was then and I still don’t see that app now. The
Honolulu city bus or “TheBus” actually has this kind of application called “The Bus – HEA” HEA stands for Honolulu estimated Arrival time. Basically what this
app does is you first enter the bus stop ID so the app knows what bus stop you
are at and what buses go to that bus stop. I find it really handy since I take
the bus and I just like to know how long I have to wait for. So I think
implementing TheBus’s app for the
school’s shuttle would be neat. Students will know when the shuttle arrives and
leaves. I know the shuttle schedule has fixed times and will always come every
15 minutes. But lets say you decide to catch the shuttle outside of your daily
routines, or maybe there was a car accident in the shuttle’s route which will
cause traffic and slow down the shuttles, or maybe there was just a lot of
students at the shuttle stop that one of the shuttles had to take some students
and leave really early. Anyways the point is, lets say you want to catch the
shuttle but it doesn’t arrive on time, well you would now have an app that would
tell you that the current shuttle left a few minutes early or will arrive in 2
minutes. This program will be a mobile app since I fell that is where it will
be most effective.
Cool. I believe a couple of HPU students have made theBus apps, Melvin Thomas http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=75401661 and Nate Befus: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nathaniel-befus/54/2b4/a15. A shuttle one would be great!
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