Thank you! It's a real pleasure to be here and see all of the interest and excitement around outdoor technology.

I wanted to quickly thank my colleagues at the Open Space Council for helping to incubate Transit & Trails!

My co-pilot in this effort, Jereme Monteau

And of course all of the groups that we have been working with over the years, many of which are here today.

Let's start with WHY

Getting people outside on trails and in parks.

Before the WHAT, let's first focus on the WHY?

To:1. Help organizations enhance their website, mobile apps

2.Compile the best recreation data and give agencies control of that data

3. Make it easier for people to find and plan outdoor experiences

Ok, the real reason connect real people to....

Let's start with WHY

Getting people outside on trails and in parks.

Places like this... Thanks Bay Area Open Space Community!

So, HOW do we make this happen?

The amazing and wonderful parks, trails and open space we have here in the Bay Area and beyond.

1 million acres of open, accessible open space in the Bay Area! - Bigger than Yosemite, right here in our backyard.

Thanks to many of your and the agencies you work for!

How to we help make this happen?

Places like this... Thanks Bay Area Open Space Community!

So, HOW do we make this happen?

Help people find, plan and share amazing experiences!

OK, but WHAT is it?

We've heard the why, so now WHAT?

Transit & Trails (T&T) is a technology platform that helps people Find, Plan and Share outdoor experiences, with an ultimate goal of getting more people connected to the outdoors.

The platform enables park, trail and outdoor agencies to manage and publish their content online and enhance their web and mobile applications.

What does that mean?

Help people find, plan and share amazing experiences!

OK, but WHAT is it?

A website and a mobile application

Great, there are a lot of those, what else?

Well.. a website and a mobile app.

Anyone can go online or download the app.

There are lots of outdoor sites, what else?

A website and a mobile application

Great, there are a lot of those, what else?

A technology platform for publishing outdoor content.

Built for Park, Trail and Outdoor groups.

A common platform that all park and trail agencies can benefit from and contribute to.

Built specifically for Park, Trail and Outdoor groups

Give them control of their data online

A technology platform for publishing outdoor content.

Built for Park, Trail and Outdoor groups.

A platform that enables our community to....

have access to better tools for authoring outdoor content.

Better tools to create and author quality outdoor content.

So it is managed and controlled by the agency that manages the land.

A platform that enables our community to....

have access to better tools for authoring outdoor content.

Which results in.....

...better outdoor content for all.

Once on the platform the data now in accessible format for web and mobile

The data is available for your site, app and for other outdoor sites

Adding to a robust regional database

The data it is branded for the agency

Which results in.....

..better outdoor content for all.

The platform enables us to distribute a library of widgets and API.

But good content, a nice app and website isn't enough!

The API makes the data available to many

The widgets make the functionality of T&T available to improve your agency's website.

But good content, a nice app and website isn't enough!

The platform enables us to distribute a library of widgets and API

How about getting to the park or trail?

To make our partner's website and mobile applications better!

The goal is to make your website and app better.

Better, authoritative regional content for all

Visitors see the same, accurate info on many websites, better for everyone

To make our partner's website and mobile applications better!

How about getting to the park or trail?

Better trip planning tools to make sure people can get to parks.

Directly to the trailhead via Transit, Rideshare and other modes.

This is an example of a widget that can be integrated into any site to improve Trip Planning

Better trip planning tools to make sure people can get to parks.

Directly to the trailhead via Transit, Rideshare and other modes.

An integrated experience....

The Trip Planner widget right on your site.

Here is the Trip Planner embedded on our partner, Bay Nature's, website

The visitor stays on the site and accesses the enhanced Trip Planning from their site.

The Trip Planner widget right on your site.

An integrated experience....

Don't take our word for it.

Amazing organizations love using Transit & Trails

Some of the benefits of the platform:

1. Easy to manage data and get it online

2. Dont have to worry about managing/maintaining the technology

3. Enhance your website or mobile appConstantly adding features, improving platform

4. More affordable than developing your own system

5. More orgs that use it, the better it gets for everyone - network effect

Don't take our word for it

Amazing organizations love using Transit & Trails

A specific example Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation.

Seeing is believing, right?

SC Park and Rec is updating their website

They have limited maps of their parks and trails, no way to direct people to the trailheads

Don't have a way to manage their data online

A specific example Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation.

Seeing is believing, right?

They want to show their parks, trails, trailheads, campgrounds

In an interactive map....

The T&T platform has a series of widgets they can take advantage of in many different custom arrangements.

This is the Park Widget showing their trails, campgrounds and trailheads

They want to show their parks, trails, trailheads, campgrounds

In an interactive map...

Oh, and more details, like the trail alignment, amenities.

And of course...

When a feature is selected the user is shown more information about that Trail, a map of the trail, amenities...

Oh, and more details, like the trail alignment, amenities

And of course...

Beautiful photos

And...

Photos, downloadable maps, a lengthy description,

And information about any regional trails, who the non-profit partner agency is... and much more

Beautiful photos

And...

How to get there Trip Planner

All this and more on their website

If they choose to go there, they can select a variety of transportation modes, when they are leaving, etc.

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How to get there Trip Planner

All this and more on their website

Their new site is coming...

And will provide in improved experience for their visitors.

Here is just an initial screenshot showing the widget in their site.

All of these widgets are responsive so fully functional on a desktop, mobile device, pad device.

They don't have to build a separate mobile application

Their new site is coming..

And will provide in improved experience for their visitors.

This is what it's all about!

Let's make this happen for everyone!

If you remember only one thing, remember that the T&T platform's primary focus is to help you make your web and mobile experience better and help you get more people visiting your parks and trails.

Thanks for your time!