City Buddy is an MTA-based navigation app that prioritizes accessibility and language support. It is designed to meet the different needs of both New New Yorkers and Native New Yorkers. The app features community-enhanced data, personalized alerts, and hard-coded maps for underground travel.
- Accessibility: The app prioritizes accessibility and offers support for different languages to ensure that all users can use it comfortably.
- User Needs: The app is designed to cater to the different needs of both New New Yorkers and Native New Yorkers. Community-Enhanced Data: The app features community-enhanced data to ensure that users have access to the most accurate and up-to-date information.
- Personalized Alerts: Users can receive personalized alerts for things such as train delays or station closures.
- Hard-Coded Maps: For underground travel, the app offers hard-coded maps to ensure that users always have access to accurate information.
- Skill-Dependent Directions: The app offers skill-dependent directions to help users navigate the city more effectively.
This folder contains the personas and jobs to be done that were created during the initial stages of the project. Personas are fictional representations of different user types, and jobs to be done are the specific tasks that users are trying to accomplish. These personas and jobs to be done helped to guide the design and development of the application.
This folder contains the paper prototype that was created during the early stages of the project. The paper prototype is a low-fidelity version of the application that is used to test different design concepts and user flows. The feedback received from testing the paper prototype is used to iterate on the design of the application.
This folder contains the research proposal that outlines the research methodology and objectives of the project. The proposal included information about the research questions that the team investigated, the data collection methods that were used, and the expected outcomes of the research.
This folder contains the specific research questions that the team will be investigating during the project. These questions were designed to help the team understand how users interacted with the application and what improvements could be made to enhance the user experience.
This file contains various design iterations created during the prototyping phase of the project, ranging from low-fidelity paper prototypes to high-fidelity digital prototypes. It encompasses multiple screens and user flows that were tested throughout the design process, as well as various conceptual ideas that were explored.