{"185041":{"#nid":"185041","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Transportation Camp South at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOrganizers of the upcoming Transportation Camp at Georgia Tech believe that solutions to at least some of the region\u2019s transit woes may be within our grasp. Billed as an \u0022unconference,\u0022 the event will bring together the \u0022doers and thinkers\u0022 from academia, the business world, the technology sector and the general public for a day of debates, discussions and visioning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe general public is invited to attend this event, which will take place in Georgia Tech\u2019s Clough Commons from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The $10 registration fee will include a light breakfast and lunch. Seats are limited and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/transportationcamp.org\/south\/\u0022\u003Epre-registration is required\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Transportation Camp will be the fifth such summit to be held in a major metropolitan area since 2011. The camps held in Montreal, New York, D.C. and San Francisco each sought to build connections between disparate innovators in public administration, transportation planning and operations, information design, and software engineering, says Atlanta Transportation Camp organizer Ted Bradford.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECivil engineering professor Dr. Kari (Edison) Watkins will be one of the attendees. The 1997 Georgia Tech graduate helped to design and develop a smart phone app called OneBusAway (OBA) which allowed public transit riders in the Puget Sound area of Washington to find out, in real time, when the next bus will arrive. Since coming back to her alma mater to teach, Watkins has helped to develop another smart phone app, CycleAtlanta that tracks bicycling routes in the greater Atlanta area. She is also working with graduate students to develop an application similar to OBA for use in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETransportation is a major metropolitan issue, with direct impacts on economic strength, environmental sustainability, and social equity. Recent advances in technology (\u201cweb 2.0,\u201d mobile computing, open source software, open data, and spatial analysis) present opportunities to improve mobility more immediately and at a lower cost than has ever been possible in the past.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis Transportation Camp will be the first in the City of Atlanta and the southern United States. Collaborators on this Camp include\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/openplans.org\/\u0022\u003EOpenPlans\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.imagineatlanta.com\/\u0022\u003EImagine Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E, and Dr.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/watkins.ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWatkins\u2019 Urban Transportation Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEvent will convene the \u0022doers and thinkers\u0022 from academia, the business world, technology sector and general public for debates, discussions and visioning.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This event will convene thought leaders from academia, business and the general public to discuss possible solutions to the region\u2019s transit woes ."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-01-17 16:47:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:02:10","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-02-09T08:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-02-09T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-02-09T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-02-09 13:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-02-09 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-02-09 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/transportationcamp.org\/south\/","title":"Register for Transportation Camp"}],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1134","name":"City of Atlanta"},{"id":"1897","name":"Civil Engineering"},{"id":"46661","name":"cycleatlanta"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"168","name":"Transportation"},{"id":"2991","name":"Urban Planning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Bradford.ted@gmail.com\u0022\u003ETed Bradford\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETransportation Camp Organizer\u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 946-3809\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}