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https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27432/critical-issues-in-transportation-for-2024-and-beyond

Urban Connector Year 3: Field Tests

C2SMART has supported researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in collaboration with researchers at New York University (NYU), and with the engagement of the City of El Paso’s Parks & Recreation Department for the development of an Android-based smartphone application named Urban Connector (UC), from March 2017 to February 2019. The UC application aims to assist seniors while traveling in urban areas. Initial surveys were conducted in the City of El Paso, Texas, and the City of New York, New York to understand the lifestyles and mobility needs of the seniors. Based on the findings of these initial surveys, a prototype of the UC application was created in the Android operating system. A usability survey was then conducted in the City of El Paso to gather feedback on the menu options and user interface of the UC prototype. Subsequently, the UC prototype was improved to the beta version, i.e., the UC beta version. Towards the end of year two, researchers recruited seniors in the City of El Paso to test the UC beta version of the application. The UC beta version was installed on participant’s Android smartphones. The participants were asked to use the UC beta version for one month before providing feedback via a survey. The results of this work are documented in Cheu et al. (2019). The researchers have further refined the UC application in the third year. This report documents the research work performed in year three of the UC application development, from March 2019 to March 2020. The objectives of year three of the UC application development project are: (1) to customize the UC beta version, originally developed for the seniors in the City of El Paso who used Android-based smartphones, to meet the needs of seniors in the City of New York; (2) to perform a beta test in the City of New York; (3) to fine-tune the UC beta version, which ran on the Android operating system, to Version 1.0 of the UC application that runs on the Android operating system and iOS; and (4) to design a survey that will involve the participation of seniors in the City of El Paso to use Version 1.0 of the UC application for two weeks to collect anonymous mobility data.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Edition: Final Report
  • Features: Appendices; Photos; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 38p

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  • Accession Number: 01771746
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
  • Created Date: May 21 2021 10:54AM