Transcript Empowering Individuals: Innovations in Wayfinding Systems

Empowering Individuals: Innovations in Wayfinding Systems for People with Disabilities
Metro’s Bus Stop Information Service
Ed Wells
Geographic Information System (GIS) Manager
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
May 7, 2015
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Purpose and Outline
Purpose: Show you an addition to Metro’s public website that lets people
find out about Metro bus stops.
1. How to access it (wmata.comTrip Planner, or Service Nearby)
2. What it shows
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Photos
Information
Map
Google Streetview and Bing Imagery
3. How it works
4. Who made it
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Access via wmata.com Trip Planner
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Result
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Photos (from survey 2005-7; 2012)
Location, routes, date of survey
Amenity, accessibility characteristics of stop
GIS map: shows stop, nearby stop, and routes
---Can zoom, pan, change background from map
to image
---Can click on map to search another stop
5. Also can get Google Streetview or
Bing Birdseye image for stop
6. Can report a problem
7. All is 508 compliant
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Location, Service, Amenities and Accessibilty
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Map: Stops and Routes Nearby
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Access via wmata.com
Rider ToolsService Nearby
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How it works
1. You type something into the WMATA web form.
2. The bus stop ID is found based on your input.
3. The ID is passed from external web session through WMATA’s
security firewall into our GIS.
4. The GIS reads the ID and fetches data from geodatabase.
5. Data includes photos, info, and map.
6. Web service sends data to external session, where you see it.
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Credits
Four WMATA departments worked together to make this:
• Access Services
• Bus Planning
• Communications and Marketing
• Information Technology – GIS and Web Content
Ed Wells, WMATA GIS Manager, 202-962-1540, [email protected]
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