News

2014

“HART’s One Bus Away App celebrates success,” Bay News 9 online, December 2014

“Popularity of HART OneBusAway Tampa App Surges”, November 2014

“Hashtag designation, airplane mode hopes to curtail texting and driving,” Bay News 9 online, August 2014

“Technology Developed by USF Researchers to Aid in Emergencies”, Bay News 9 TV, July 2014

“New tech at USF helps alert response teams during emergencies,” Tampa Bay Business Journal, July 2014

“Solving Traffic Isn’t Just Good Design, It’s Good [Computer] Science”, February 2014

2013

“New green programs to save drivers’ time.”, November 2013

“HART routes now available through Google Maps,” TV and online, October 2013

“HART debuts new real-time mobile app for bus riders”, TV and website, August 2013

“HART offers new ‘OneBusAway’ app,” TV and website, August 2013

“New App Tracks Tampa Buses,” August 2013

“HART offers app to track bus arrivals,” August 2013

“With new app, Hillsborough bus riders can track their ride,” August 2013

“Real Time Bus Tracking Available with HART App,” August 2013

“HART riders to track bus times via new app,” August 2013

“Inter-Agency Project Mapping: Leveraging Transportation Funds with Interactive Web Maps,” 2013 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA. July 2013

“FL: HART’s Free “OneBusAway Tampa” Smart Phone App Saves Riders Time & Taxpayers Money,” Mass Transit magazine, July 2013

“Using Mobile Phones to Track Multimodal Travel Behavior”, 2013 UTC Southeast Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2013

“TRB toasts University Transportation Centers program on its 25th anniversary”, fastlane.dot.goc. January 2013

2012

TAD mentioned in USDOT UTC program press release as example of past successful product of UTC program, December 2012

Easter Seals Project ACTION newsletter article on TAD. (Interviewed September 2012)

Transportation Research Board. “Want to Reduce Expensive Paratransit Trips? There’s an App for That.” Ignition – News from TRB’s IDEA Programs, Issue 19 Summer/Fall 2012

“How the New iPhone Will Expose Cities Lagging on Open Data,” Atlantic Cities, July 2012

“Building a Better Evacuation,” USF Website, June 2012

“Development of a Regional Public Transportation GIS Architecture and Data Model”, Transportation Communications Newsletter, May 2012. Circulation of over 6,000.

“Why is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing US Public Transit Agencies?”, The Atlantic Cities, April 2012

“Research: Crime-Busting Technology,” USF Magazine Spring 2012

“USF patent would make cellphones an interactive crime-fighting tool,” The Tampa Tribune, front page, Sunday, January 2012

2011

“Slowing the Battery Drain,” University of South Florida website, October 2011

“Tampa Bay companies driving intelligent transportation,” Tampa Bay Business Journal, September 2011

Marcy Gordon was a graduate student working for Sean on NCTR TAD/TRACIT “USF System Summer Graduates Top 2,900,” August 2011

“Assisting Disabled Riders,” Newsclips for March 2011 Newsletter

“Cell Phone Feature Promoted to Tell Rider: ‘Pull the Cord…!”, Transit Access Report – Accessibility and Mobility Issues in Public Transportation, Volume 18, Number 1. 2011

“Featured Resources from Members of the National Consortium on the Coordination of Human Services Transportation,” National Resource Center for Human Service Transportation Coordination, February 2011

“Investing in the Transportation Leaders of Tomorrow – The University Transportation Centers Program,” TR News 272 January-February 2011. (Section on TAD on page 7)

2010

2009

“A TAD Bit of Help for Special Needs Riders,” Fall/Winter 2009

USTelecom – The Broadband Association “Tech Advances Aid the Disabled” November 2009

enVision. “Travel Assistance Device Provides Mobility to Disabled,” November 2009

Suite101.com “Travel Assistance Device: GPS-Enabled Cell Phone Application Makes Riding Buses Safe and Easy” November 2009

“Disaster Preparation, Response, and Recovery Using GPS-enabled Cell Phones,” Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, Volume 90, Number 7, July 2009

Transportation Access Blog “Cell Phones Could Offer Travel Instructions to People with Cognitive Disabilities July 2009

“Cell phone technology nears completion,” USF Oracle, June 2009

“New cell application could save lives,” WTSP 10 Connects, Original Air Date May 2009.

Metro Magazine “Travel Software to Aid Disabled Riders” February 2009

“Bus Tracking System will Aid Disabled Passengers,” USF Oracle, January 2009

Tampa Bay Online “Device Helps Disabled Gain Independence” January 2009

2008

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research  and Innovative Technology Administration UTC Spotlight Newsletter November 2008

New Cell Phone Program Gives Bus Riders a Hand – Bay News 9 August 2008