Photo of the Week: "After dark"

Another striking participant photo to show how there are, "not enough street lamps on some less frequently visited bus stop areas ... after dark!" Safety after dark while riding transit or walking is a common concern of MVP participants. What more can be done to make riders and pedestrians safer after dark?

Photo of the Week: Can you find it?

Can you find the crosswalk signal in this picture? Hint: It's waaay back behind the Exxon sign on the left. One of our participants took this very illustrative photo of why this could make for a dangerous intersection for pedestrians. — at 624 St Mary's St Raleigh NC.

This Week in MVP: Project Leader Featured

Great news! Word just came in that our project leader, Amanda Matson, was selected for the first ever Society for Community Research and Action Featured Student Contest! That's more prize money that can go into funding the Mobile Voice Project - providing bus passes for our participants!

This Week in MVP: Team Updates!

A big welcome to our new research assistants for this summer and fall and a big welcome back to our returning assistant! You are already sharing so many innovative ideas on how to promote and strengthen the Mobile Voice Project!

This Week in MVP: New Partner!

The Mobile Voice Project team is excited to start sessions this week with clients at the Helen Wright Center of Urban Ministries of Wake County! A big thanks to staff and clients there for welcoming us last night. Looking forward to hearing more about the clients' experiences related to mobility at tomorrow night's session!

This Week in MVP: Transitioning

The spring semester is coming to a close, and with it, the MVP Team is transitioning.  We will be having a couple of our research assistants move on and a new research assistant starting with us this summer.  A big thanks to four fabulous Research Assistants this past fall and spring! The Mobile Voice Project would not be as far along today if it hadn't been for all of your hard work!

This Week in MVP: Awesome Undergraduates!

Congratulations to our team of undergraduate research assistants for their winning proposal to receive an NCSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences Undergraduate Research Award for $375 each, or a total award of $1500! You all have earned it! For the award, over the next 6 weeks, students will be trained on various qualitative research techniques and then have a chance to implement them to analyze the photos and audio from our MVP sessions. Can't wait to see what they learn from all of our participants' stories...