Google Maps services provide accurate transit route information
Gold standard accessibility achieved for SacRT
SacRT, Sacramento County's primary transit agency, operates an extensive network of bus routes, light rail services, and paratransit options. We were tasked with overhauling their website to improve accessibility, real-time updates, and user experience. We transformed their website into a user-friendly platform with real-time tools for effortless trip planning, live parking updates, and crucial service alerts. This makes SacRT more accessible and empowers riders to navigate the city with confidence.
Overview
Modernize the website with improved design, navigation, and accessibility.
Implement real-time trip planning using Geocode API integration.
Optimize live parking availability through Dynamic Maps API.
Develop an interactive system map powered by GeoJSON-driven solutions.
Ensure secure cloud migration and maintain high-performance infrastructure.
Challenge
Limited mobile accessibility, negatively affecting commuters using mobile devices.
Lack of real-time updates for service alerts, trip planning, and parking availability.
Complex navigation and user experience, making trip planning difficult for riders.
Security and performance limitations, requiring WordPress, MySQL, and plugin maintenance.
Accessibility compliance issues, with the site needing to meet WCAG 2.1 AA and AAA standards.
Key improvements
Exemplifi successfully modernized SacRT’s digital presence, enhancing accessibility, security, and real-time transit data.
The new platform offers commuters a seamless, responsive, and accessible experience, ensuring smooth travel planning for thousands of daily riders.
With ongoing maintenance, cloud migration, and security updates, SacRT’s website is now future-ready.
This ensures long-term efficiency, performance, and accessibility for California’s transit commuters.
Discover
Exemplifi conducted an in-depth discovery phase to understand SacRT's requirements. By assessing the existing site and analyzing user demographics, the team identified key pain points, including accessibility gaps and outdated content management practices.
Define
The team then outlined the project’s core objectives, focusing on enhancing accessibility, streamlining content management, and improving overall website performance. Exemplifi set clear guidelines for WCAG 2.1 compliance, ensuring that all web pages adhered to AA and AAA standards.
Design
With a well-defined strategy, Exemplifi crafted a high-performance website for SacRT, prioritizing accessibility with responsive design and intuitive navigation. The implementation of a robust WebOps infrastructure ensured efficient content updates, seamless performance, and enhanced security.
Project impact
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A few unique solutions that we designed for SacRT
Exemplifi developed an interactive trip planner featuring real-time route mapping using Geocode API. The app allows users to input start and destination points to receive step-by-step directions for their transit journeys.
To improve the Park and Ride experience, Exemplifi implemented live parking availability using Maps API and GeoJSON. This enables users to check available parking slots, filter by location, transit line, and station type, and access accurate address information for each parking spot.
Exemplifi built a real-time transit map using GeoJSON and Maps API. This interactive map allows users to explore routes and stations and visualize trip options, enhancing their ability to navigate the SacRT system.
Exemplifi designed a station-specific alert system with XML validation. This system ensures that commuters receive accurate, real-time service updates, helping them stay informed about any changes or disruptions to service.
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