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Participate in a research study on the future of transit, discover your city in new ways, and win an iPad (1 in 10 chance)!
Are you interested in helping to create better urban transportation experiences and a more sustainable transit system? If so, fill out this short application to see if you’re eligible to be one of 20 selected participants for our Tech for Transit: Designing a Future System study. (Not all eligible participants will be selected.) This open innovation study is being run by Latitude, a Boston-based research consultancy.
The Gist
Selected participants living and working in the Boston or San Francisco metro areas will agree not to use their cars for one week; instead, they’ll rely on alternative transportation options (anything from public transportation to biking to ride-sharing to good ol’ fashioned walking and beyond), as well as their own creativity and resourcefulness to get around. They’ll document these experiences—successes, frustrations, and suggestions for improvement.Why Participate?
- Win an iPad (1 in 10 chance!)
- Get to know your city better and live a more sustainable lifestyle (at least for one week)—receive up to $100 in reimbursements for alternate (non-automobile) travel costs (e.g. public transit passes, bike rentals, etc.)
- Be featured in a publicized study!
Participant Requirements
- Must live and work within the Boston or San Francisco metro areas
- Must use a car regularly (no car-share members, sorry!)
- Must be able to carry out normal, everyday activities without a car by using alternate transit methods (walking, biking, public transit, ride-sharing, etc.—anything but driving)
- Must be available for the study (willing to not drive a car at all) from Monday, November 1st – Sunday, November 7th
- Must be willing to participate in surveys and interviews before, during and after the week of the study
- Must be willing to be featured in all study-related content, publicized openly—this may entail any of the following:
- providing an appropriate headshot of yourself
- capturing photographic or video materials of your experiences during the study
- being featured in post-study interviews about the experience
(*You may request that Latitude not publish your real name, but your likeness and any study/interview content—including video, audio, text—may be featured.)
