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mashing metro Trip Planner A Tool for Decentralized Cities Helping Tourists Navigate the 21 st century American City Todays Demo: Los Angeles A city victim to sprawl No clear downtown Difficult to navigate

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Aims Easy to Use User friendly Geared for users who like to be guided Controlled Experience Site design inspires little exploration outside of given frame By focusing on neighborhoods, cities are able to hide unpopular areas Give the simple tools needed to plan a great visit Not overwhelm users with too many options

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Starting Point: Union Station The Gateway to Los Angeles for Public Transit Users Transit hub located in Downtown, Los Angeles. A connection point for: National rail service: Amtrak Regional rail service: Metrolink Local rail service: Metro Regional and local bus service: various companies

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Starting Point: Union Station Trip planner simplifies Los Angeles Focuses on compact pedestrian friendly neighborhoods Provides only direct routes to destination No transfers, no room for mistakes! Focuses on only five transit routes All express routes: three rail lines and two rapid buses

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Design Simple User face Split Maps Various Tabs

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How to Use Step 1: Select Neighborhood Two inputs Neighborhood List of 10 Neighborhoods Category of Interest Implementation of Yelp! API Categories Arts and Entertainment Food: Restaurant, Coffee Shop, Bars Shopping Hotels

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How to Use Step 1: Select Neighborhood Clicking Get Directions Top Pane: Yellow Bus Icon Appears Bottom Pane: Zooms to selected neighborhood Bus Stops Yelp! Recommendations Clicking on icon provides more information and link to review

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How to Use Step 2: Where do I board? More information given about top pane Transit Stop Name (Intersection) Given Bus Users Prompted to Click Transit Icon Generates Street View of bus stop User can navigate street within street view box.

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How to Use Step 3: Which Metro Line Should I Take? User given bus line and route

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How to Use Step 4: Where do I exit? User given name of stop to get off Bus Users: prompted to click on desired exit point and given street view in left pane

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How to Use Step 5: Neighborhood Characteristics Retail characteristics provided in pie chart. Categories: Electronics/Appliances Clothing Food and Beverages Health and Personal Sporting and Hobby Activate zip code layer Click within bounds of any zip code to get retail character

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Additional Features Tabs: Help Section Question/Comments Mashing Metro Profile

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Demo http://www.yohman.com/students/danwu/h ome.html