Through his internship under the Academic Initiative with the NYMTC Technical Group, Evan Bialostozky developed an algorithm that detects transportation modes based on data from Global Postioning System (GPS)-based personal travel surveys. The algorithm determines mode of travel based on the input of a series data for date, time, latitude and longitude records. This data was generated by GPS loggers which were carried by survey respondents during their travels. In addition, Evan assisted the Technical Group in preparations for its Regional Household Travel Survey, a portion of which utilizes GPS-based personal travel surveys. Evan’s supervisor at NYMTC was Jorge Argote, Survey Manager.

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Bialostozky received his Master’s Degree from Hunter College in 2009 and currently works in the Operations Planning Department of MTA Bus.