cars are great! - ctaa pecha kucha on multimodal transportation data specs
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Cars are great!
Aaron Antrimtrilliumtransit.comCTAA May 2016
The greatest thing about cars is the road network.
It even comes with maps. Lots of them!
Freedom!
*High price of entry
*Side effects may occur
No one mode is adequate: Transit covers some of the network but not all
The multi-modal network greater than the sum of its parts
Image source: Translink (Victoria, BC)
We have an information gap.
TransitGTFS = General Transit Feed SpecificationGTFS-realtime
and 100s of other applications
Ride-hailing & taxisVendor-specific APIs.No common format
Bikeshare and bike bikeways
General Bikeshare Feed Specification
OpenStreetMap (OSM)
Pedestrian network
OpenStreetMap (OSM)
Paratransit & demand responsive transportation
Emerging: GTFS-flex
Carpool & Vanpool?
www.trilliumtransit.comAfterparty: 610 SW Broadway, Suite 308