
Frustrated with delays, ASU students engineer real-time tracking for Tempe Streetcar
Many students, faculty and staff members depend on the Tempe Streetcar service to stay on schedule on its route through downtown Tempe and ASU Tempe campus. But the system’s reliability has been sporadic, and data about the Streetcar’s estimated time of arrival at various locations is frequently inconsistent. Now a team of Fulton Schools engineering students — Veraj Patel, Abraham Duran, Landon Hack and Gerald Bowers — is devising a way to help prevent the Streetcar from being delayed. They’ve developed a real-time tracking device, an app, a user interface and a website to enable viewing of the streetcar’s location and are working on implementing these technologies. Read more and see the video “Tempe Streetcar Tracker.”