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TransitCampBayAreaSchedule

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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.

 

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 Fergusson511.org - Tom Spiekerman
1130 SAMTRANS/Caltrain - Mark Simon511.org - Tom Spiekerman
1200 BART - Linton JohnsonMTC 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 TransitWikiBuilding 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 EngineeringEfficient 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 HodsonA cool idea for attracting more riders: - Paul Mc Grath, RideSpring.com
1630 Carpooling on Facebook - Logan Green, zimride.comPeople Powered Customer Service - Leslie Chicoine (Get Satisfaction)
1700 Closing Remarks and Questions

 

Some notes from the sessions on Saturday.

 

 

Day 2: TransitCamp

 

(these will be filled out on the morning of Sunday, February 24)

Proposals for Sessions

Non-prescheduled. Brainstorming, demos and discussion.

 

Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4
10:00 Coffee and Networking
1130 SimCity for Keeps: Scenario Planning for Citizens & Policy MakersDemo 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 VollmerEfficient Palo Alto: New transit GPS phones Green Culture Steve Raney
1300 LUNCH
1330 LUNCH
1400 10 Ways to Encourage CollaborationTara HuntGet 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 ChicoineTripML: 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 DayTwoNotesGreen 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 FelovTransit Wiki Development - Andy ChowDemo 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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