1. CommuteARoute "Let us worry about your commute" Michael Ottinger, Corey Rogers, Viet Nguyen, David Owen

2. Traffic congestion is a problem all over the world!

3. Delhi, India Photo credit: Flickr user N-O-M-A-D; licensed CC-BY-2.0. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trafficjamdelhi.jpg)

4. Washington, D.C. Peterson, Brent: The Joy of the Daily Commute, http://fulltimechristianity.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/05/WashingtonTraffic.jpg

5. Traffic causes stress!

6. Artz, Rebecca: Long Commutes Make You Stressed, Tired, Far, Angry, and Much More Likely to Have a Heart Attack. http://cgdailydrive.com/long-commutes-make-you-stressed-tired-fat-angry-and-much-more-likely-to-have-a-heart-attack/

7. Delays affect transit riders, too!

8. January 30, 2013: Incident on Green Line disrupts service and leaves thousands of passengers stranded for hours! Credit: Washington Post, "2,000 Green Line riders stranded on trains for hours after equipment along track catches fire", January 30, 2013 WMATA failed to provide effective alternatives:

9. Commuting... SUCKSSUCKS tressful npredictable ills the environment afety concern ostly

10. Our target users

11. Collins, Donnell: "Inauguration Day: Getting on the Metro", http://blogs.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconblog/2009/01/inauguration-day-getting-on-th.html

12. sasd Photo Credit: Dominic Lipinski (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/10/1244624916745/Commuters-cross- Waterloo--001.jpg)

13. Photo Credit: Dan Gleiter (http://media.pennlive.com/midstate_impact/photo/traffic-1-0318-dcgjpg-6d79af6af666c4d6.jpg)

14. How will we research our users?

15. Past solutions

16. Google Now Automatically learns commute route and times Automatic traffic notifications before/during/after commute Google Now. http://www.google.com/landing/now/

17. NextBus Useful for public transit users, NextBus polls for the next arrivals for various transit systems across the US, including the University of Maryland NextBus. http://www.nextbus.com/

18. What is CommuteARoute, and how is it different?

19. It uses a wide variety of data sources to better inform users of: TransitAccidents, Construction, Delays Crime and Safety Info Washington D.C. Metro Map, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- srv/wrctraffic/metromap/front.html Madrid, Aaron: "Road Construction Ahead…and Behind…and Over There…", http://www.thinklafayette.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/06/road-construction2.jpg Thompson, Isaiah: Crime Drop Varies By Neighborhood (2013), http://axisphilly.org/news/wp- content/uploads/2013/01/NBcrime- 800x555.jpg

20. And users can even inform other users!

21. We help the user log how efficient their commute is. Not only would the system compute average times of certain routes, but we would also allow for the user to log the costs of fuel and transit fares.

22. And we suggest how to lower commuting costs or travel time! With the user's commute data, we can find options that could make their commute cheaper or faster. For instance, they might be able to take bus/rail, carpool, taxi, or in some cases walk or bike.

23. Questions?