This project is part of the University of Washington Information School senior capstone project. Our group teamed up with Cascade Bicycle Club to modernize and automate the bike locker management process. For more information, visit this link here.
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King County reported in 2019 only 3% of our community commutes via bicycle. With a continuous growth of jobs in our county, there is a great need to empower an eco-friendly way to commute. Those who commute have reported that the inconvenience of properly storing their equipment was a large factor in choosing to bike to work.
The current work process for the leased bicycle lockers is manually processed. This project is geared to increase efficiency in workflow for all levels of technical users in hopes of encouraging the community to sign up for the bike lockers.
Bike lockers benefit the community and the city infrastructure. By providing designated places to stow bikes, sidewalks and business fronts are kept clear for the public.
Commuting via bike is a popular choice for many who love the the exercise and love the relief of stress. By providing bicycle lockers, commuters are motivated to ride more regularly by ensuring that they have a secure and safe location to store their bike.
Bike lockers encourage bicycle commuting which has a positive environmental impact. Working towards an increase in bicycle commuting is vital in reducing traffic congestion and air pollution.
Cascade Bicycle Club, the nation's largest statewide bicycle organization, is powered by 15,000 members and serves bike riders of all ages and abilities throughout the Puget Sound region and across Washington state.
With a mission to improve lives through bicycling, they teach the joys of bicycling, advocate for safe places to ride, and produce world-class rides and events. Their signature programs include the Seattle to Portland, Free Group Rides, Let's Go, and the Major Taylor Project.
Creating the building blocks for Cascade's larger business goal of an easy-to-facilitate web application. Our group took an iterative approach to our solution. The process began with conducting an initial assessment of the current work processes and defining the main features that were essential for success.
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Develop a robust relational databaseMigrate existing data and test data integrityBuild an interactive locker location mapImplement and deploy locker inquiry form Create effective onboarding documentation As a team, we focused on building the foundational blocks that will help Cascade Bicycle Club achieve a more scaled and automated process of connecting with their community. Due to limited time and resources, our team had to rescope the scale of the project and address specific workstreams to automate. In moving forward, we suggest working towards fully automating the work process such as including online payments and document signatures by utilizing services such as Stripe, Docusign and more. This will not only streamline the process but enhance the user experience. We suggest refining the overall user experience as well, such as updating the landing page, by including more features on the website, or building a mobile friendly application and more. With a fully developed database, we strongly believe that there is great room for improvements and are excited to see what becomes of it.
If you are interested in furthering the project, reach out to Cascade Bicycle Club or the iSchool Capstone teaching team to see if this can be continued on as a capstone project.
We are a team of four Informatics (Information + Technology + People) undergraduates at the University of Washington, working to make an impact with technology. For our senior year capstone project, we were given 20 weeks to develop and design a technological solution for a problem in our world. We partnered with our sponsor to commit to building a more modern and automated bike locker management system in hopes to encourgaging our Seattle community to rely on a more eco-friendly way of commuting.
Eva is an active advocate for diversity and equity, specifically serving underrepresented communities. She has multiple experiences working as a project/program manager. She is highly skilled and knowledgeable in the software development lifecycle and facilitating team functions to ensure project success.
JV is passionate about equity in technology and education spaces. She has experience in consulting and UX/UI design. She is experienced with defining customer success, user experience and design, and designing and testing user interfaces.
Kathy enjoys solving real-world issues with technology and finding innovative solutions. One of her strengths is building customer-facing products, as well as designing relational databases that uphold data integrity and are robust for necessary business functions.
Alessandro is dedicated to working towards equity and diversity and works closely with Girls Who Code. Alessandro is skilled in multiple developmental languages and frameworks. He is experienced with building elegant features. He brings a wealth of technical knowledge to the team.