Metro has some great data feeds, and app developers -- from Google and Apple to Metro Hero -- are consuming them to provide great tools for transit riders in the Washington DC region.

That's great news, and yet there are opportunities to do even more! For example, we'd love to see app developers help customers plan an accessible trip - one that routes a user to station entrances where elevators are present. And this isn't likely the only unmet need from the Metro transit rider community. There are loads of great ways to make this data more useful to you. That's where you come in.

On Saturday October 15th, Metro Data Day 1: Destination Ideation, will bring together Metro staff, app and site developers, and Metro riders and their advocates for a day of creative brainstorming about unmet needs and their potential solutions.

A brief over of the agenda:

* The morning will be spent understanding existing data feeds and exploring the unmet needs from the rider community.

* After lunch, we will split up into break-out groups where teams will mock up solutions to those needs and document changes to the data feeds needed to power those solutions.

* Finally, participants will present their work to the full group for discussion.

Download the full meeting agenda!

We are excited about this opportunity to engage the app developer, rider and advocate communities for a day of creative problem solving.

This event is accessible and any resonable accommodations will be made. Please contact meichler at wmata.com with any requests.