MBTA Transport Assistance. Nanda Kishore Bhat (Fall '11), Serkan Okur (Sp '12), Quazi Farhan (Fall '11) CCIS, Northeastern University [email protected] , [email protected][email protected]. The problems. Unnecessarily waiting for MBTA transportation vehicles - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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transportation vehicles• Lack of application with good user
interface (HCI)• Lack of application with older adult
friendly user interface (HCI)
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Motivation• Introduced on Piazza by Prof. Intille• Evaluation of current similar applications
– Lack of HCI approach– Lack of older adult concentration
• Usability of the concept• Potential for backend implementation
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Surprise(s)
• Mainly by ethnography and prototype testing
• Familiarity of older adults to smart phones and applications
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Surprise(s)
• Interest issues of older adults on the subject
• We were definitely NOT our users (!)• Expectations from the application
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The best today• Covering only a particular line• Are not designed with HCI concept• Are not specifically concentrated on
older adults• Too complex
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Innovation• Easy to use.• Covers all T lines (except Silver T)• Not too many interfaces• Designed based on HCI concepts• Focusing on older adults• Tested on and improved by target users
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MBTA Transport Assistance• Main Screen
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MBTA Transport Assistance• Choosing by
T Stations
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MBTA Transport Assistance• Choosing by
T Lines
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MBTA Transport Assistance• Final (Result)
Screen
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Demo
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Video
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A UI challenge • Main Screen
v1.0
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A UI challenge • Main Screen
v2.0
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A UI challenge • Main Screen
v3.0
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Tricky programming problem • Final (Result)
Screenv7.0
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The future• Final Screen
– Could span to multiple scheduled T’s– Programming challenges
• Including the bus stops– Could include bus stops and bus timings– Deadline restrictions
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The future• Including text box input
– Could also include auto-refill text-box input– Deadline restrictions
• Reminder for selected buses/T’s– Future result page could include reminder
feature for each item– Deadline restrictions
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The future• Handling Internet Connection
deficiencies– Could still predict the arrival time depending
on previous data or timely schedule– Deadline restrictions.
• Designing the horizontal view of screens– Could also implement the horizontal views
of screens on smart phones– Deadline restrictions.
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Future process• More ethnographic research• Evaluate programming feasibility• Select better platform & environment• Adding functionalities iteratively• Thinking simple• More testing
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MBTA Transport Assistance• Gives the real time information of when
the next train will arrive to a specificT-station.
• It solves the inconvenience of waiting times for T’s (and possibly buses) with a better and easier interface that can be used without prior mobile experience. (especially for older adults)