Schedule
Day 1: A Primer (technically not a *Camp; Day 2 is for that)
Pre-scheduled primers (getting to know what's up). Morning: Transit and elected officials tell the story thusfar. Afternoon: Technologists and riders talk about possibilities.
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Room 1 |
Room 2 |
Room 3 |
Room 4 |
1000 |
Opening Remarks - Tara Hunt, Adina Levin and Margaret Okuzumi |
1100 |
Coalition to Expand Transit Service's efforts to improve public transit - by elected officials, Terry Nagel and Kelly Fergusson | 511.org - Tom Spiekerman | | |
1130 |
SAMTRANS/Caltrain - Mark Simon | 511.org - Tom Spiekerman | | |
1200 |
BART - Linton Johnson | MTC Bay Area Socio-Economic & Transportation Trends - Chuck Purvis Presentation Materials Notes | | |
1230 |
LUNCH |
1330 |
Using Wikis to Collaborate on Projects: Adina Levin (SocialText) & Andy Chow & Jamison Wieser TransitWiki | Building a Social Network Made Simple: Evan Goldin (Ning.com) | Will Transit be Obsolete in the Future? Brad Templeton (EFF) | |
1400 |
How We Created iamcaltrain.com: The Importance of Good Data - Chris Messina (Citizen Agency) | New Rider Stories Panel - Joshua Lane, Tara Hunt, etc | | |
1430 |
Better faster cheaper: Consumer mapping tools + passionate developers = better information for agencies and their riders - Joe Hughes (Google) | The design and idea behind traincheck.com - Bartsoz Solowiej | | |
1500 |
NextBus: the hows and demo - Michael Smith, Director of Engineering | Efficient Palo Alto: new transit, GPS phones, green culture. Steve Raney, Cities21. efficientPA.htm | | |
1530 |
BREAK |
1600 |
How to Use Video to Make Transit Rock - Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson | A cool idea for attracting more riders: - Paul Mc Grath, RideSpring.com | | |
1630 |
Carpooling on Facebook - Logan Green, zimride.com | People Powered Customer Service - Leslie Chicoine (Get Satisfaction) | | |
1700 |
Closing Remarks and Questions |
Some notes from the sessions on Saturday.
(these will be filled out on the morning of Sunday, February 24)
Proposals for Sessions
Non-prescheduled. Brainstorming, demos and discussion.
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Room 1 |
Room 2 |
Room 3 |
Room 4 |
10:00 |
Coffee and Networking |
1130 |
SimCity for Keeps: Scenario Planning for Citizens & Policy Makers | Demo Hour: RideSpring demo - Paul Mc Grath, Redwood Transit/Transit Information Solutions - Aaron Antrim, Caltrain Schedule Animation - Elliot Schwartz | | |
1200 |
XML/Microformats for Transportation – Beyond GTFS, a Whiteboard Design Session for Geeks – Bryce Nesbitt / City CarShare (Brainstorm ideas here) | | Obstacles to sustainable transportation: Defining the problem David Schonbrunn Transdef | |
1230 |
The Last Mile: Bike Sharing – Sean Savage and Paul Bois, Call-A-Bike | Message Muni: A simple and forgiving text messaging service for San Francisco MUNI arrival times John Vollmer | Efficient Palo Alto: New transit GPS phones Green Culture Steve Raney | |
1300 |
LUNCH |
1330 |
LUNCH |
1400 |
10 Ways to Encourage Collaboration – Tara Hunt | Get Satisfaction for Transit: A rider has a question. Who has the answer? What metadata helps determine what agency or entity can best answer that rider's question?Leigh Ann Hildebrand & Leslie Chicoine | TripML: XML & the trip - Dave Guerrieri | |
1430 |
Tech Applications That Transit Advocates Really Really Need – What is possible? (Transit geeks will lead "wish list" generation. Techies will help determine what is feasible.) | The Transit Gap: Remembering low-income and elderly people Who Ride the Bus and have less access to technology - Stephanie May & Leigh Ann Hildebrand DayTwoNotes | Green Biz Collaborative Possibilities: - Ridespring/ Zimride/ Nextbus/ City CarShare - Paul McGrath | |
1500 |
Mashup demo (GMaps Transit Traffic Weather Events, etc.) | Transit Info for people who aren't looking for it: Brainstorm - Miriam Sorell | Design Session: System Alert Microformat - Bryce Nesbitt | |
1530 |
BREAK |
1600 |
Accessibility of Web Transit Applications Chas Felov | Transit Wiki Development - Andy Chow | Demo II 1/2 hour Put your name here for 5-12 minute demos, Open Format for sharing Carpool Data - gotalift.com - Josh Mangrum | |
1630 |
HTML & The Transit Table: How to mark that up Microformats - William Lawrence | | | |
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