Last weekend saw the third installment of the yearlong MARTA Hackathon series, this time focusing on Rider Experience Design.

Do you love Atlanta? Want to make MARTA better? Septemeber's hackathon is your last chance to join hundreds of civic-minded Atlantans who have worked to improve MARTA this year.

In this month's podcast episode, we consider questions like: How much does it cost exactly to build a cellular network underground? Can sensors really improve the grim state of Atlanta traffic? What do we mean by “intelligent transportation”? And perhaps the greatest mystery of all: is “smart city” the new “cloud”?

Starting last fall, MARTA has found many willing helpers in the Atlanta technology community. Teaming up with Sandbox ATL, Code for Atlanta, Hack GT and other community groups, MARTA launched a yearlong strategic technology initiative to create the next great thing in Atlanta transit. 

Do you love Atlanta? Want to help make MARTA better? The MARTA Hackathon series is a yearlong strategic technology initiative led by MARTA, Sandbox ATL, Code for Atlanta, HackGT, and other community groups to help create the next great thing in Atlanta transit. It kicks off October 28-29 in Tech Square with a 24-hour hackathon to create new ideas to increase ridership and improve the rider experience.

Hump Day Exchange is one-part social gathering of the Tech Square community and one-part podcast recording. In episode 3, the topic was "Design Driven," exploring how every interaction we have is influenced by good and bad design. Guests included J Cornelius from Nine Labs, Amanda Rhein from MARTA, and Dave Black from Medicare Pathfinder. Click to open the story and listen to the episode.