08-11-2015, 12:18 AM
(08-10-2015, 11:32 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: A couple of GRT related issues before committee tomorrow. Perhaps someone could explain their meaning and importance in lay terms?
Grand River Transit Real-Time Data Availability
Real-time data on bus locations will finally be available to anyone who wants it, including many local would-be app developers and third-party platforms like Google Maps and Transit App. GRT was hesitant about releasing it prior to doing its own analysis and data release regarding schedule adherence, worried that the public would get there first and try to make them look bad. Which is kind of paranoid but a pretty frequent kind of concern when it comes to bureaucracies and open data. At any rate, now they've done that analysis and tested the data with their own apps, so now they're ready to release it more widely.
(08-10-2015, 11:32 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: Integration of Grand River Transit Automatic Vehicle Location System and Electronic Fare Management System
This is kind of boring. Turns out that it's easier if the existing CAD/AVL system (used for counting passengers, tracking buses, managing schedules, etc.) integrates with the new fare management system, rather than having two systems side by side. This requires doing some custom work.