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How One Startup Is Fast Tracking City Transit

A company called Remix is using data to make your commute more efficient.

How One Startup Is Fast Tracking City Transit

Learning curve: Remix grew out of Tiffany Chu and her cofounders’ earlier project, a gamified bus-mapping system. [Photo: Noel Spirandelli]

BY Diana Budds1 minute read

With its digital transit mapping system, Remix is helping city planners bypass the red tape.

The Problem

Public transit is the lifeblood of cities, but efforts to establish new routes often succumb to the complexities of municipal policies.

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The Epiphany

In 2014, Code for America fellows Tiffany Chu, Dan Getelman, Sam Hashemi, and Danny Whalen learned about the onerous process of green-lighting new transportation solutions. They thought that if officials could visualize the impacts new systems would have on communities, rather than having to read about them in 100-page documents, planners could spend less time convincing and more time building.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Diana Budds is a New York–based writer interested in how design reveals stories about culture, policy, and history. More


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