Our Team
Due to the suburban nature of SCU and the overwhelming amount of infrastructure and information in public transportation, many students prefer personal vehicles and rideshare apps to get around the San Jose/Santa Clara area. This is not sustainable for a variety of reasons. First, parking spaces are dwindling due to campus expansion. In addition, SCU aims to be a sustainable campus, and the large number of cars conflict with that goal. Lastly, less affluent members of the SCU community are often excluded because of their inability to afford ride shares or personal vehicles.
“Over 20% of SCU undergrads said they would use public transit more if it were made simpler.”
The Associated Student Government conducted a survey about public transportation in the area and received almost 20% undergrad participation, revealing strong interest and openness to utilizing public transit. PTHub addresses SCU students’ number one transit deterrent: complexity and inconvenience. In an effort to convince the university to subsidize unlimited transit programs, Public Transit Hub aims to build ridership and show the school board that students are ready and willing to use public transportation when it’s made easy for them.
Public Transit Hub was first prototyped during Hack4Humanity 2019, where the idea was developed as part of a proof of concept project. The following students contributed their skills to build the foundation of PTHub:
