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Andy Chosak [email protected]
Transit Near Me
Transit maps are hard to understand
Not too bad with simple systems...
Source: WMATA, www.wmata.com
...but displaying complexity is hard
Source: WMATA, www.wmata.com
One approach: Spider maps
Source: Transport for London, www.tfl.gov.uk
How about spider maps in DC?
Source: Peter Dunn, stonebrowndesign.com
Showing all transit options is confusing.
Showing all transit options is confusing.
Showing all transit options from a neighborhood is better.
Showing all transit options is confusing.
Showing all transit options from a neighborhood is better.
How about all transit options around an arbitrary point?
Showing all transit options is confusing.
Showing all transit options from a neighborhood is better.
How about all transit options around an arbitrary point?
What if there were an app that could do this based on your GPS location?
Transit Near Me
http://transitnearme.com, from desktop or mobile
Who?Mobility Lab / Transit Tech Team
http://mobilitylab.org
Andy Chosak, David Alpert, Matt Caywood, Eric Fidler, Kevin Webb
How?Django, PostGIS, Leaflet, jQuery Mobile, TileMill, TileStream
https://github.com/MobilityLab/TransitNearMe
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