{"id":699,"date":"2017-03-06T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/?p=699"},"modified":"2017-03-06T11:44:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:44:47","slug":"analogous-immersion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/2017\/03\/06\/analogous-immersion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Analogous Immersion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Initially, we planned to contact South Bend Public Schools to gain insight into how they plan their bus routes. \u00a0After several missed calls, we located a school system online that provided adequate information for us to gain a better understanding of how a school system plans their bus routes. \u00a0We thought this experience would be informative in that it would give us guidance for how St. Joseph Health System could\u00a0standardize a transportation service for a diverse population<\/p>\n<p>The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools website is located here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.district196.org\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bus Article Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Routes are determined by measuring the shortest distance from residencies to the school&#8217;s front door.<\/li>\n<li>Parents receive a postcard each month with bus stop location, bus numbers, and the arrival\/departure times for specific school.<\/li>\n<li>Bus stops are determined by safety, efficiency, and distance between stops.<\/li>\n<li>Buses are located at intersections for efficiency and safety.<\/li>\n<li>The school system provides parents guidelines to ensure their kids have a safe and efficient bus ride<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Insights gained:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each parent and\/or family has specific needs and preferences which makes it difficult to standardize a bus system. \u00a0I recognized this after reading through the Q\/A section for parents.<\/li>\n<li>The school system consistently assesses bus routes and stops; they say they are willing to adjust routes if needed. \u00a0This sheds light on the importance of remaining flexible throughout the process.<\/li>\n<li>The school system&#8217;s guiding principles for planning and handling bus routes are safety and efficiency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initially, we planned to contact South Bend Public Schools to gain insight into how they plan their bus routes. \u00a0After several missed calls, we located a school system online that provided adequate information for us to gain a better understanding of how a school system plans their bus routes. \u00a0We thought this experience would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-st-joseph-health-systems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}