Jordan Bechek, Chris Frydryck, and Michael Mann worked with Freedom Transit, Washington, PA’s public transit authority, to create a live bus tracker for riders of their fixed-route services. Riders can now easily find out if they just missed their bus, or if it is delayed in traffic around the corner or on the highway miles away. Here's a screen capture of what the system looks like on a phone, or you can see it in action here.
Freedom Transit bus tracking system on mobile. See it live here.
Another group of students, Matt Montis, Shulai Yang, and Lorenzo Ruscitto, worked with the Citywide Development Corporation (CDC) in Washington, PA. They helped CDC director Christy Rowing collect GIS-based information about real estate parcels in the 7th Ward of Washington, and then developed a strategy document for her to use when targeting CDC development funds over the next two years in that Ward.
Google maps view of a portion of the 7th Ward in Washington, PA.
The third group of students, Jennifer Wallis, Trevor Morrow, Matt Jaworski, and Terrance Richardson, worked with the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) office in Washington on a number of their I.T. needs, including a new donor management system, a system for sending encrypted emails, and a tablet-based solution for accessing their client files while in the courtroom.
Home page of the CASA office in Washington, PA.
The CIS service-learning capstone has worked with dozens of nonprofit organizations in the Washington and Pittsburgh areas over the past sixteen years. If you’d like more information, feel free to contact me through the social media links below.
Header image is a screen capture from the bus tracking app showing two Freedom Transit buses in the Pittsburgh area.