iSchool Capstone

Easy Park & Ride

Project tags:

equity & inclusion

information architecture

information behavior & user research

Project poster

The Seattle Squeeze makes its transportation system strained. Although people are recommended to utilize Park and Ride facilities, they get frustrated when they do not know parking availability until they arrive. Our team EveREST addresses this information problem through providing real-time parking availability information. We gathered data from 686 users and designed a user-centered data pipeline. We collected real-time data through sensors, processed streaming data through cloud database, and visualized dynamic data through web application. Our solution not only helps users have equitable access to parking information, but also helps transit agencies make more effective decisions to solve Seattle traffic challenges.

Project participants:

Yanjie Niu

MSIM

Harry Xie

MSIM

Divya Tripathi

MSIM

Mayuresh Mali

MSIM