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Kari’s research is focused on understanding why people do and don’t take transit with the goal of getting more people to switch to an environmentally friendlier mode.
UW doctoral student in Civil Engineering
Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Connecticut
Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation (ARCS) fellow, a prestigious honor that provides graduate students with funding that allows them to pursue their research.
Co-created OneBusAway.org, a set of online tools that tracks King County Metro buses in real time.
When people have to wait, they think that twice as much time is passing. If I know ahead of time [when the bus will arrive], I can grab that cup of coffee and be back out in time to catch my bus.