real-time transit information – a regional 511 perspective
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Real-Time Transit Information – A Regional 511 Perspective. Nisar Ahmed. June 13, 2013 T3 Webinar, RITA. What’s covered. The Agency Transit landscape R egional connectivity and coordination 511 stitching it together A look ahead. The Agency: who w e are. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Real-Time Transit Information – A Regional 511 Perspective
Nisar Ahmed
June 13, 2013T3 Webinar, RITA
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What’s covered
• The Agency
• Transit landscape
• Regional connectivity and coordination
• 511 stitching it together
• A look ahead
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The Agency: who we are
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• MPO for the nine county San Francisco Bay Area region
• Governed by a policy board, mostly appointed by local elected officials
• Transportation planning, coordinating, and financing agency
• Bay Area Toll Authority
• Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways
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Bay Area transit
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The region
West and South Bay
East Bay
North Bay
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Transit connectivity: regional hubs
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Transit connectivity: Wayfinding
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Kiosk
Hub ID sign
In the hub
TIDs
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One card, all transit
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• What 511 Delivers• Traffic – real-time highway conditions and driving times; historical travel times
• Transit – travel planning and real-time departures
• Ridesharing & bicycling
• Parking - location and real-time availability
• Emergency messaging (bridge closure, transit work stoppages)
One source of information
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• Transit hub signs
• How It’s Delivered• Phone – 511
• Web – 511.org
• Mobile – m.511.org
• App – 511 SF Bay Transit
• Texting (SMS)
• Highway traffic CMSs
• Ferry flap sign
• Data feeds
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Path of accomplishments
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Phone
Driving Times
New Transit Trip Planner and Revamped Transit Webpages
Real-time Transit Departures
Twitter Updates
School Pool
Website – Traffic, Transit, Rideshare & Bicycling
Driving Times on Highway Changeable Message Signs
MY511 Personalized Service
Mobile Website
Driving Times & Real-time Transit APIs
Real-time Transit Texting
Bike Mapper
Multi-modal Trip Planner
New Traffic Website
Transit App
Parking
20022004
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
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Popular source for info
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“511.org is the most useful web site I have ever encountered. This web site should be located on all Bay Area residents favorites list!”
49 Million Calls
200 Million
Web User Sessions
12,700 Twitter
Followers
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Real-time transit on the phone
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• Dial abbreviated number ‘511’
• Say ‘Departure Times’
• Provide stop ID or use the help menu to navigate through the agency, route, direction, and stop name
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Real-time transit on the web
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• Real-time prediction tool on desktop web
• Real-time predictions with the trip planner on desktop web
• Real-time prediction tool on mobile web
• Also available through texting
• Soon to be added to the Enhanced Trip Planner (Multi-modal)
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Real-time on digital displays
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Hub signFlap signTransit Tracker
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Open data exchange
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• Standardize data collection and delivery
• Support for bulk as well as ad-hoc query based data needs
• Collection and delivery of static (configuration) and real-time data
• Adoption of available standards
• Easy and streamlined access to data
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Transit data flow architecture
Realtime Data
Config Data
511 XML / GTFS+ / manual
511 XML / SIRI XML
Email / FTP
JMS: publish/subscribe
API (SIRI,
NeTEx)
GTFS
Convert GTFS-Realtime
External Developer
using bulk data
511 Tools
External Developer using
ad-hoc query
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Open data development timeline
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• Workshop was held on March 28, 2013
• Complete revised specification to be published this month through our developer group
• API development and deployment expected to be completed this Summer
• Organize a launch event in Fall