JMUScoop: A Progressive Ride Sharing Application for JMU Students
Channel: JMU ISAT
Date: 02/07/2017

Full Title: JMUScoop: A Progressive Ride Sharing Application for JMU Students by Alex Astarita, Matthew Brown, and Andrew Michon
Advised by: Dr. Morgan Benton
Abstract: As JMU’s student population and size continues to expand, the increasing demand for on-campus parking poses a significant challenge for the university moving forward. A progressive web application (PWA) is a website meant to be saved to a mobile device’s home screen. The purpose of our PWA is to alleviate some of the demand for on-campus parking by providing students with a user-friendly way to set up carpools with fellow student commuters via mobile device. Our PWA was designed exclusively for JMU students, and will allow students to set up carpools in any off campus location. In turn, this will theoretically decrease the number of single passenger vehicles. This project is a prototype created by ISAT seniors, and the project will continue its development in the coming year by three rising seniors.