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Open Source Applications for Transport

Open Source Applications for Transport. About OpenPlans : A non-profit dedicated to making cities smarter About 60 staff, mostly technical We make open source software for planning/public participation, transportation, and GIS. About OpenPlans Transportation:

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Open Source Applications for Transport

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  1. Open Source Applications for Transport

  2. About OpenPlans: • A non-profit dedicated to making cities smarter • About 60 staff, mostly technical • We make open source software for planning/public participation, transportation, and GIS.

  3. About OpenPlans Transportation: • We build tools to improve transportation outcomes • Help individuals understand options • Help cities make better investments

  4. Getting from A to B

  5. OpenTripPlanner • An open source multimodal journey planner • Leverages open data (GTFS, OSM, DEMs) to help individuals make better transport decisions. • Developed in partnership with TriMet (Portland, OR), now in use in over eight countries. • Multiple vendors now support the platform

  6. Analysis and Decision Support

  7. OpenTripPlanner Analyst • Re-use the same open data and software • Simulate transit outcomes and compare designs using quantitative measures • Help planners make data-driven decisions while making the process more transparent • Help public and advocates understand the consequences at both a personal and community level

  8. Tracking Buses In NYC

  9. OneBusAway • An open source real-time transit platform originally developed at the University of Washington • Now being adapted for use by the NYC MTA to track over 6,000 buses and provide millions of riders with real-time information (http://bustime.mta.info) • Growing developer and vendor community supporting the platform

  10. Monitoring Traffic Flows

  11. Cebu Taxi Crowd Source Project • World Bank has a desire to collect and evaluate traffic flows as part of their transport planning process • The same tools and techniques that help NYC track buses can be deployed to track other vehicles and collect useful data • Project slated to launch fall of 2012, offering a real-time and historical data on Cebu traffic conditions

  12. What makes this possible? • A commitment to open, vendor neutral platforms (e.g. anyone can participate in the development or deployment of these systems). • A commitment to open data. The inputs must be available to everyone—open software is useless if you have to buy lots of proprietary data before using it. • The willingness to help (re)build technical capacity within governments and public institutions.

  13. Kevin Webb Co-Director, OpenPlans Transportation kwebb@openplans.org http://transportation.openplans.org/

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