Bus Stop to Mountain Top Final Presentation Jessica Chiu Adrian Laurenz James Lee Oak Nguyen

The Problem Difficult to get outdoors to hike, camp, etc without access to a car Getting outdoors via public transit possible but finding routes prohibitively difficult Existing information sources are text-based

Our Solution A mobile application to discover outdoor activities accessible by public transit

Overview Representative Tasks Demo / Current UI Design Evolution Future Work Summary

Task 1: Discover Destination

Task 2: Get Directions

Task 3: Share with Friends

Demonstration http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/course s/cse440/12au/projects/busstop/prototype

Lessons from Contextual Inquiries No one traveled alone, needed to coordinate with others Spent majority of planning time searching for destinations (Google, Internet resources) People considered a diversity of factors in selecting a destination Focused design on discovering destinations interface

Evolution of Our Design Early design concepts for discovering destinations

Evolution of Our Design Revised design for discovering destinations

Evolution of Our Design Change resulting from usability testing

Evolution of Our Design Design changes for departure/arrival information

Future Work More data No entering exact departure times: Select time of day then show listing of possible departure/arrival times Create web app and allow "syncing" with mobile app Allow users to rate and upload pictures

Summary Our app make it easier for people to access outdoors if they don't have a car. It allows users to discover desired destinations, get fast transit directions and share these information with friends Evolution of our design revolved around discovering destination screen Add DATA, allow crowdsourcing and sync web app