Excuse the late post, but in case you missed it, SF Streetsblog ran a pice on “How Google and Portland’s TriMet Set the Standard for Open Transit Data” in early January. They interview some key players who give a window into the evolving practice of opening transit data. Check it out if you haven’t already.
The folks at Front Seat, who’ve brought us WalkScore, among other great projects, have done it again. Today, Front Seat launched CityGoRound.org When public transportation information was added to WalkScore, FrontSeat realized they needed more open Google Transit feed data to make the feature useful in more markets. CityGoRound makes it easier for people to […]
About two weeks ago, on September 22nd, I spoke at and attended the World ITS Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. Usually, my audience and colleagues are managers, staff, and consultants for rural, small, and mid-sized transportation U.S. transit agencies. Speaking at, and attending an international conference of broad scope was eye-opening. Here are some highlight observations: With regards […]
Bits are flying in the open transit data discussion. It appears that a consensus is growing that free, readily-available, standards-based transit data is good for citizens, passengers and transit agencies. Here’s a roundup of recent coverage. Sorry I haven’t been posting more; I’ve been very busy helping more agencies join Google Transit. I Bus, I […]