Chicago commuters help create app for the city

A mass effort for mass transit: Designing Chicago, a project from Greater Good Studio, aims to find out what public transportation riders want in order to build the app they need.
By Matt Wilson | Posted: August 6, 2012
In Chicago, most of the mobile apps that give information about public transportation do only one or two things. Mainly, they tell you when the next bus or train is coming to a given stop. It's quite handy, but what if the app could do more? For instance, what if it could include a stop at a coffee shop in your daily route to work? Or included hyperlocal weather reports? What it if could enable you to remotely pay your fare? Those possibilities are all pro read more...

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