PennGO

In a survey of the Penn students, over 70% had never ridden any form of Penn-affiliated transport. A significant reason for this is a lack of awareness about the stops, schedules, and availability of the different transportation methods. PennGO's goal is twofold -- to increase usage of Penn-affiliated transport through a mobile application and redesigning the system to fit users' needs. The application will allow users to input their starting and ending location and receive a list of ranked routes for a student to best get from point A to point B. The application will incorporate live tracking data of the Penn, Drexel, and SEPTA Lucy buses. The app will also feature a feedback system in order to provide a continuous improvement loop. Users will be able to input desired routes that they would like to see offered by Penn Transit. We will then cluster these route suggestions and use their weights to provide new and incremental changes to the current Penn Transit system in order to help Penn Transit best meet the mobility and safety needs of the community and help the most students and faculty in the most cost-effective and efficient way possible.