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MassDOT Developers - Hackathon Presentation

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The document discusses making MBTA transit information more accessible like weather and traffic reports by making data open. When the MBTA released a real-time data feed for 5 bus lines, developers quickly used the data to build many innovative applications within weeks, showing high demand. These included apps and websites that showed bus locations and countdowns on maps, desktops, phones, and signs. The document advocates opening full real-time bus location data to further unlock developers' potential to create useful transit tools and argues a hackathon could demonstrate this.

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MASSDOT DEVELOPERS Chris Dempsey and Joshua Robin Massachusetts Department of Transportation
WHY IS IT SO EASY TO FIND WEATHER AND TRAFFIC REPORTS 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 2
BUT SO HARD TO FIND TRANSIT INFORMATION? 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 3
TWO THEORIES 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 4
THEORY #1 NO DEMAND 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 5
Where is the Wheres the #%*(#&$ Green Line? train? 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 6
THEORY #2 NO SUPPLY 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 7
SO, WHATS DIFFERENT? 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 8
TRAFFIC AND WEATHER INFORMATION ARE OPEN 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 9
AS A RESULT, DRIVERS HAVE LOTS OF CHOICES
TRANSIT INFORMATION WAS CLOSED 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 11
T RIDERS HAD JUST ONE CHOICE FOR MBTA INFORMATION: THE T 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 12
SO, WE DECIDED TO MAKE MBTA INFORMATION OPEN 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 13
IN SEPTEMBER 2009, THE MBTA MADE BASIC TRIP PLANNING DATA OPEN 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 14
BY NOVEMBER, THERE WERE 6 INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS BUILT WITH MBTA DATA 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 15
1/29/2010 10:31 AM 16
WHAT ABOUT REAL-TIME DATA? 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 17
TRADITIONAL MODEL First, (1) Countdown Signs Then, (2) Web and Phone Distribution Then, Maybe, (3) Share with Others
WHAT IF WE RE-THOUGHT THIS?
COULD WE MAKE MBTA BUS LOCATION INFORMATION 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 20
AS EASY FOR OUR RIDERS TO FIND AS THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE? 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 21
IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT? 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 22
ON NOVEMBER 14th, AS PART OF A TRIAL PROGRAM, THE MBTA RELEASED A REAL-TIME DATA FEED FOR FIVE BUS LINES 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 23
WITHIN ONE HOUR 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 24
WITHIN ONE HOUR A developer integrated the trial data into Google Earth to show the real-time locations of the buses: 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 25
WITHIN TWO DAYS A developer integrated the trial data into a free, easily- accessible web page, where T riders can track the buses from any internet-accessible computer: http://mbta-bus.appspot.com 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 26
WITHIN ONE WEEK A developer built a desktop application that displays the countdown information for the riders favorite stop: http://www.wirelust.com 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 27
WITHIN TWO WEEKS A developer built a simple web application that displays the bus countdown information without the need for a map: http://www.clickteam.info/davidn/mbta/mbtabuses.php 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 28
WITHIN ONE MONTH A developer built an LED sign that shows real-time bus countdown information on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain: 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 29
WITHIN FIVE WEEKS A developer built iPhone and Android apps that integrate the real-time trial data. The apps cost just 99 cents: 1/29/2010 10:31 AM DRAFT 30
WITHIN SEVEN WEEKS A developer built a system that delivers the real-time data to any phone, mobile or landline: * *Try if for yourself by dialing 617-213-0911 Use stop code (0330) or (0085) 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 31
WITHIN EIGHT WEEKS A developer built a system that delivers the real-time data by text message to any mobile phone: *Try if for yourself by texting 617.299.6591 this message: bus: 39: 51391 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 32
WITHIN EIGHT WEEKS Developers launched more apps included free applications: 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 33
AND PEOPLE NOTICED: These apps received positive press from: 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 34
WITH THOSE RESULTS* FOR JUST FIVE BUS LINES IN SEVEN WEEKS *ALL AT NO COST TO THE MBTA 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 35
WHAT MIGHT DEVELOPERS CREATE IF WE UNLOCK LOCATION DATA FOR THE ENTIRE BUS SYSTEM? 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 36
HERES WHAT DEVELOPERS HAVE DONE IN OTHER PLACES: 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 37
Baggage Claim Info at Portland Airport Real-Time Train Arrival 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 38
Community Advertisement in a Chicago Bakery Real-Time Bus Arrival 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 39
$130 Sony Bluetooth Wristwatch Real-Time Bus Arrival *YES, THIS REALLY EXISTS IN SAN FRANCISCO 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 40
HOW DO WE GET THERE? 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 41
MIT C4FCM/MBTA HACKATHON 1/29/2010 10:31 AM 42
TOGETHER, LETS DEMONSTRATE THE POTENTIAL OF OPENING UP FULL SYSTEM BUS LOCATION DATA
GOALS
LED SIGNS
MBTA REAL-TIME WATCH
WHAT ELSE?
http://www.mass.gov/eot/developers
http://www.mass.gov/eot/developers christopher.dempsey@state.ma.us joshua.robin@state.ma.us 1/29/2010 10:31 AM DRAFT 49

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