Episode 10
Edmonton's Winter Transit Initiative and SEPTA's Augmented Public Art Project
Edmonton's Winter Transit Initiative and SEPTA's Augmented Public Art Project
This Transit Unplugged News Minute explores how The City of Edmonton is expanding its overnight transportation service to ensure people's safety during the harsh winter season. The augmentation of this service includes staff support and transportation to emergency shelters when needed. The episode also discusses the innovative augmented reality public art project launched by Southern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). This initiative in Philadelphia entails QR codes that link to transit stories from SEPTA employees and commuters, aiming to unite people post-pandemic and celebrate the connections created through transit.
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Edmonton's Overnight Transportation Services
00:32 SEPTA's Augmented Reality Public Art Project
00:51 Closing Remarks
Transcript
The City of Edmonton expanded overnight transportation
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:services, which will keep people
safe during the winter, and SEPTA is
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:connecting people to transit through an
innovative augmented public art program.
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:Welcome to this week's
Transit Unplugged News Minute.
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:Well, winters in Alberta, Canada are
famous for being extremely cold, and
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:now the City of Edmonton is offering
overnight transportation services.
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:The after hour services will be offered
all winter regardless of the temperature,
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:but the staff will also be on board to
offer support and transport people to
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:emergency shelters during the bitter cold.
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:And the Southern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority has launched
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:an augmented reality public art project.
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:Across Philadelphia, riders
can find QR codes, which link
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:them to stories in transit from
SEPTA employees and commuters.
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:The goal is to bring people together after
the isolating effects of the pandemic and
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:to celebrate how transit connects us all.
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:This Transit Unplugged News Minute is
being brought to you by Modaxo, passionate
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:about moving the world's people.
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:I'm Julie Gates
