Bob Firth, Informing Design
“The Long Squiggly Line That’s Killing Our Transit System and an Information Science Solution”
February 21, 2007, 3:30 pm
Room 501, 135 N. Bellefield Ave
School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
The recent proposed cuts to funding of the Pittsburgh Authority Transit system have led Bob Firth and his company, Informing Design, to consider a radical redesign of bus routes based on efficient transportation systems that are being used in Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Cleveland and even Curitiba, Brazil. In this talk, Bob Firth will present his ideas for developing a cost-effective and efficient bus system, based on years of experience in studying transportation flows in Pittsburgh and applying basic information science principles to solving problems of navigation and wayfinding.
Bob Firth is founder and president of Informing Design, which is an innovative company that has designed a number of novel wayfinding tools including the colorful Pittsburgh Wayfinder signs and the www.bigburg.com collection of print-on-demand maps. The talk is sponsored by the Spatial Information Science Research Interest Group of the School of Information Sciences and will be followed by a reception in Room 522.
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