RideScout Mobile Application

RideScout LLC (RideScout) will further develop, test, and launch the RideScout mobile application, which aggregates information for travelers on all of the ride options, public and private, around a user in real time. Real time information on public transit will be combined with information on taxis and car sharing. The project investigators will complete further development and improvement of the RideScout mobile application, and test its usage and effectiveness in Austin, Texas and Washington, DC metropolitan areas. Prior to the launch in these two cities, investigators will build relationships with transit agencies, city officials, universities, and transportation management associations in the region. Investigators will explore integration of Zipcar and Car2Go data feeds into the application.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=3751

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $100000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-04, IDEA 7

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001
• Project Managers:

  Williams, Jon

• Performing Organizations:

  RideScout LLC

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• Start Date: 20141210
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 38298

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Mobile communication systems; Real time information; Transit operating agencies; Transit riders; Traveler information and communication systems
• Identifier Terms: Car2Go; Zipcar
• Geographic Terms: Austin (Texas); Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01547536
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project J-04, IDEA 7
• Files: TRB, RiP
• Created Date: Dec 11 2014 1:01AM