2. mashing metro Trip Planner A Tool for Decentralized Cities Helping Tourists Navigate the 21 st century American City Today’s Demo: Los Angeles  A city victim to sprawl  No clear “downtown”  Difficult to navigate

4. Aims  Easy to Use User friendly Geared for users who like to be guided  Controlled Experience Site design inspires little exploration outside of given frame By focusing on “neighborhoods”, cities are able to hide unpopular areas  Give the simple tools needed to plan a great visit Not overwhelm users with too many options

5. Starting Point: Union Station The Gateway to Los Angeles for Public Transit Users Transit hub located in Downtown, Los Angeles. A connection point for:  National rail service: Amtrak  Regional rail service: Metrolink  Local rail service: Metro  Regional and local bus service: various companies

6. Starting Point: Union Station Trip planner simplifies Los Angeles  Focuses on compact pedestrian friendly neighborhoods  Provides only direct routes to destination No transfers, no room for mistakes!  Focuses on only five transit routes All express routes: three rail lines and two rapid buses

8. Design  Simple User face  Split Maps  Various Tabs

9. How to Use Step 1: Select Neighborhood  Two inputs Neighborhood ○ List of 10 Neighborhoods Category of Interest ○ Implementation of Yelp! API ○ Categories Arts and Entertainment Food: Restaurant, Coffee Shop, Bars Shopping Hotels

10. How to Use Step 1: Select Neighborhood Clicking “Get Directions”  Top Pane: Yellow Bus Icon Appears  Bottom Pane: Zooms to selected neighborhood Bus Stops Yelp! Recommendations ○ Clicking on icon provides more information and link to review

12. How to Use Step 2: Where do I board? More information given about top pane  Transit Stop Name (Intersection) Given  Bus Users Prompted to Click Transit Icon Generates Street View of bus stop User can navigate street within street view box.

14. How to Use Step 3: Which Metro Line Should I Take?  User given bus line and route

15. How to Use Step 4: Where do I exit?  User given name of stop to get off  Bus Users: prompted to click on desired exit point and given street view in left pane

16. How to Use Step 5: Neighborhood Characteristics Retail characteristics provided in pie chart. Categories:  Electronics/Appliances  Clothing  Food and Beverages  Health and Personal  Sporting and Hobby Activate zip code layer  Click within bounds of any zip code to get retail character

17. Additional Features Tabs:  Help Section  Question/Comments  Mashing Metro Profile

18. Demo http://www.yohman.com/students/danwu/h ome.html