Open-source Transit Software

Open-source Transit Software

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  Open-source is awesome Allows multiple agencies to leverage the same resources  Don’t start from scratch – jump start new projects  Don’t reinvent the wheel – spend those resources elsewhere  Reduces risk of vendor lock-in  Any vendor can deploy and support an open-source solution  If a vendor doesn’t perform, agency can switch vendors and keep software  Reduces long-term risk of innovation failure  Someone else can also improve upon past efforts
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  At least 3major transit open-source projects OpenTripPlanner TheTransitClock (formerly transiTime) OneBusAway onebusaway.org opentripplanner.org thetransitclock.org
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  A lot ofusers and deployments  OneBusAway  Deployed in 10 cities worldwide  For iOS and Android alone (not including web, SMS, IVR, Alexa):  Over 1 million unique users  ~330k active users in the last 30 days  OpenTripPlanner  At least 13 production deployments worldwide  TheTransitClock  Based on transitime open-source project created by Mike Smith @ Swiftly  New maintainer – Sean Crudden (Contractor for Irish Rail)
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  Each do differentthings  TheTransitClock  Focuses on generating arrival/departure predictions given raw vehicle data  Can export predictions in GTFS-realtime and other formats  OneBusAway  Provides an API optimized for accessing real-time transit information  Includes open-source native apps for iOS, Android, Amazon Alexa, Google Glass  Can consume GTFS-realtime and other real-time formats  OpenTripPlanner  Provides an API optimized for multimodal trip planning, including bikeshare  Can consume GTFS-realtime, General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS)
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  Typical architecture TheTransitClock OneBusAwayRaw vehicle data GTFS-realtime OpenTripPlanner Tripplanning API Real-time arrival API Bikeshare API Native apps (e.g., OneBusAway Android)
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  WMATA Bus (Washington,D.C.) TheTransitClock Real-time transit info without proprietary prediction algorithmsOneBusAway
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  HART (Tampa, FL) OpenTripPlanner OneBusAway Real-timeinfo, trip planning, and bikeshare
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  Thanks! @sjbarbeau linkedin.com/in/seanbarbeau Sean J. Barbeau,Ph.D. barbeau@usf.edu 813.974.7208
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