I’m Matt Laquidara. Since 2016, I’ve been working on tools to evaluate transit networks on the basis of access: the ability of people to reach whatever destinations that they desire, wherever they’re starting, and whenever they want to be there.
My education background and professional experience is in computer science and software development; my knowledge of public transit comes from a mixture of independent study and lived experience. My paper Measuring Spontaneous Accessibility for Iterative Transit Planning, published in the Transportation Research Record, was selected best paper by the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Committee and won the Fred Burggraf Award for excellence in research by a researcher under the age of 35. I’ve also previously written Seattle-specific transit articles for Seattle Transit Blog.
If you have thoughts on these posts, please send an email! I’d be particularly interested in discussing applications of my software and methodologies if you represent a transit agency, municipality, or advocacy group.