Progress
Project Meetings and Milestones
Throughout the past month, the team attended five weekly supervisor meetings with Dr. Gebali, Dr. Li, and Dr. McGuire to discuss the progress and details about the project. Apart from the supervisor meetings, weekly progress meetings were held to compile progress and make future plans. Five project Milestones were achieved as summarized in Table 3. The project website was launched at http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~bhung/399/index.html.
Table 3: Milestones achieved to date
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Milestones |
Details |
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Complete background and market research |
The current bus system in Victoria was investigated; Various intelligent transit system technologies were explored; Three case studies were conducted on the transportation system in Singapore, Taipei, and Winnipeg. |
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Define product definition |
The product was defined as an integration of communication technologies and supporting infrastructures with the current bus system in Victoria to enhance the user experience. |
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Set list of alternatives |
The alternatives included different communication technologies and infrastructures that could enable/improve communication among buses, bus stops, and bus system users. A list of desired functionalities along with the proposed technologies and supporting infrastructures was concluded. |
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Review alternative options |
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Select alternative |
Contacting Potential Associates
On July 4th, the team emailed BC transit and CanAssist to arrange a meeting.
BC Transit coordinates the delivery of public transportation throughout BC (outside the Greater Vancouver Regional District). The team is interested in creating a partnership to learn about the current bus systems in the Victoria region, e.g. the current infrastructure, future implementations and district restrictions for technologies and data release. The team would like to assist and help move forward the technological advancements that will benefit bus users and the transit authorities.
CanAssist is an organization at UVic that develops products and provides services to help those with disabilities improve their quality of life. The team is interested in developing a partnership to learn about what special-needs people require when taking buses and what would give back individual freedom. The team would like to learn about the development of CanAssist's CanGo, a mobile tool for independent travel for people with cognitive disabilities.