What will you create?
#HackMyRide
Karma/Rewards app
Mobility Map
Prospect Silicon Valley
Transit & Mobility
Vehicle Technology
Intelligent Traffic Systems
VTA Hack My Ride 2.0 June 6, 2015
SIMPLE PARK
 Find parking spots around you
 Navigate to the spot
 App facilitates the spot handover
between Giver and Taker
Download the app at www.SimpleParkApp.com
VTA Hack My Ride 2.0 June 6, 2015
Signal
www.ThisIsSignal.com
We’re building a better traffic sign. It’s
smarter, digital & sits on your dashboard
VTA Hack My Ride 2.0 June 6, 2015
VTA Data
What are beacons?
What are Cloud Beacons?
Beacon Use Cases
Brick-and-
mortar
Redefined
● Send coupons, offers
● Build customer loyalty
● Personalized customer
experience
● In-app transactions
● Optimize in-store
navigation
Howler
● Notifications to users
near a promotion they
would be interested in
● 200 shops and
restaurants
● Utilizes 700 beacons
throughout the Boston
metropolitan area
Rockbot
Personal playlists in venues like bars,
restaurants and stores
● Request songs from their
phone at any business
that has a Rockbot
Bluetooth beacon
● Around 400 beacons in SF
● Boost in check-ins,
average 27 mins of app
usage.
Augmented
Reality Within
Your Reach
● Navigate visitors through
art exhibits
● Offer games, fun and
rewarding learning
experiences
● Gather and analyze visitor
data
BlindSquare
● Public beacons in high-
traffic metropolitan areas
● Audio guide activated so
a blind person can figure
out where to go (helpful
in unfamiliar areas)
● Find luggage, hotel room
How to Access VTA Beacons
• API key
– alYdUyIyKartZkGPsGapTAuWKZyIUUqa
• Documentation: docs.kontakt.io
– Android SDK
– iOS SDK
• Test deployment @ Great Mall Transit Center
• Questions?
– social@vta.org
Special Challenges
Accessibility:
• ADA customers may have problems finding their way through the VTA transit
centers, transferring between vehicles, finding Elevators or getting to their final
location.
• Wheelchair customers want to know where the elevators might be and easy access
to sidewalks.
• A blind person would like voice commands and step by step instructions with 1 or 2
foot accuracy.
EXAMPLE:
- VTA Great Mall Transit Center
- Light rail station
- Multi stall bus transit center
- Directions to and from the
- Mall entrance
VTA Great Mall Transit Center
VTA Tasks: Install specially
configured public beacons at
transit center or in high-traffic
metropolitan areas, (Down
town San Jose)
A Solution could include
help with temporary location
finding – for example if a blind person needs to find
their luggage on the train, or getting to the doctor’s office without
assistance. By using a set of personally configured beacons, a blind person simply
places their personal beacon in their luggage, package (or temporary location) and
the mobile app will then help detect and find that beacon.
Way finding to Local Business: Allow the blind person to create their own path to a
retail outlet. The mobile app remembers the trip name and the turn by turn path. For
example “Station GISH to Doctor” was the trip name the user gave the trip. The
mobile app remembers first the beginning beacon, each turn and path,
when they get to the office tell the application to save trip.
Mobile as a Service or MaaS – Express Lanes
• Tolls for solo drivers are collected electronically using FasTrak.
Tolls on SR 237 (first phase/segment) have ranged from $0.30 to
$4.75, with an average toll of $1.60.
• When a car equipped with a FasTrak transponder passes under
an express lane antenna, the
antenna will read the
transponder, and the
correct toll will automatically
be deducted from the driver’s
prepaid FasTrak account.
• Drivers would like to know
the current toll value and if
Express lane is still open or
switched over to an HOV
only lane. (Hands free)
Register for Hack My Ride 2.0
What will you create?
#HackMyRide

Hack My Ride 2.0 Kickoff Hackathon Presentation

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    What will youcreate? #HackMyRide
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    Transit & Mobility VehicleTechnology Intelligent Traffic Systems VTA Hack My Ride 2.0 June 6, 2015
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    SIMPLE PARK  Findparking spots around you  Navigate to the spot  App facilitates the spot handover between Giver and Taker Download the app at www.SimpleParkApp.com VTA Hack My Ride 2.0 June 6, 2015
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    Signal www.ThisIsSignal.com We’re building abetter traffic sign. It’s smarter, digital & sits on your dashboard VTA Hack My Ride 2.0 June 6, 2015
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    Brick-and- mortar Redefined ● Send coupons,offers ● Build customer loyalty ● Personalized customer experience ● In-app transactions ● Optimize in-store navigation
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    Howler ● Notifications tousers near a promotion they would be interested in ● 200 shops and restaurants ● Utilizes 700 beacons throughout the Boston metropolitan area
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    Rockbot Personal playlists invenues like bars, restaurants and stores ● Request songs from their phone at any business that has a Rockbot Bluetooth beacon ● Around 400 beacons in SF ● Boost in check-ins, average 27 mins of app usage.
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    Augmented Reality Within Your Reach ●Navigate visitors through art exhibits ● Offer games, fun and rewarding learning experiences ● Gather and analyze visitor data
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    BlindSquare ● Public beaconsin high- traffic metropolitan areas ● Audio guide activated so a blind person can figure out where to go (helpful in unfamiliar areas) ● Find luggage, hotel room
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    How to AccessVTA Beacons • API key – alYdUyIyKartZkGPsGapTAuWKZyIUUqa • Documentation: docs.kontakt.io – Android SDK – iOS SDK • Test deployment @ Great Mall Transit Center • Questions? – social@vta.org
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    Special Challenges Accessibility: • ADAcustomers may have problems finding their way through the VTA transit centers, transferring between vehicles, finding Elevators or getting to their final location. • Wheelchair customers want to know where the elevators might be and easy access to sidewalks. • A blind person would like voice commands and step by step instructions with 1 or 2 foot accuracy. EXAMPLE: - VTA Great Mall Transit Center - Light rail station - Multi stall bus transit center - Directions to and from the - Mall entrance VTA Great Mall Transit Center
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    VTA Tasks: Installspecially configured public beacons at transit center or in high-traffic metropolitan areas, (Down town San Jose) A Solution could include help with temporary location finding – for example if a blind person needs to find their luggage on the train, or getting to the doctor’s office without assistance. By using a set of personally configured beacons, a blind person simply places their personal beacon in their luggage, package (or temporary location) and the mobile app will then help detect and find that beacon. Way finding to Local Business: Allow the blind person to create their own path to a retail outlet. The mobile app remembers the trip name and the turn by turn path. For example “Station GISH to Doctor” was the trip name the user gave the trip. The mobile app remembers first the beginning beacon, each turn and path, when they get to the office tell the application to save trip.
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    Mobile as aService or MaaS – Express Lanes • Tolls for solo drivers are collected electronically using FasTrak. Tolls on SR 237 (first phase/segment) have ranged from $0.30 to $4.75, with an average toll of $1.60. • When a car equipped with a FasTrak transponder passes under an express lane antenna, the antenna will read the transponder, and the correct toll will automatically be deducted from the driver’s prepaid FasTrak account. • Drivers would like to know the current toll value and if Express lane is still open or switched over to an HOV only lane. (Hands free)
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    Register for HackMy Ride 2.0
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    What will youcreate? #HackMyRide