We were inspired to create this app because of various clubs we are a part of that often need a way to organize transportation for all the students to get to activities off campus. This app was also created due to the poor traffic flow caused by the large amount of commuter students and faculty coming and going around the same times and we thought that a great way to help the environment and reduce the amount of time student and faculty are stuck in traffic was by reducing the amount of cars on the road. By creating an app that links the community, people would get to know each other better socially by traveling together to school and classes while helping the environment. During the course of the weekend we learned that America is the second largest producer of technology related carbon emissions which increase the process of global warming. We also learned that about 60% of Stony Brook students are commuters and combined could produce about 220 tons of carbon dioxide emissions just coming to school for a day. This app would help students track the amount of carbon dioxide they would be emitting if not carpooling, giving them more environmental awareness.
We built the web app using ReactJS and CSS for the front end and employing Firebase to handle the data storage. We also plan on using Firebase to handle user authentication in the future. Firebase allows us to transition towards a Progressive Web App which would be more applicable to students who use primarily cell phones. This was our first experience using Firebase so it was challenging at first to navigate but we eventually got very familiar with the tool. One key feature of this app is the geo-location page which we created using the Leaflet JavaScript library.
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