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Re: getting transit information

Posted by Tracey P. Lauriault-2 on Apr 03, 2006; 6:57pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/getting-transit-information-tp431p432.html

Daniel Haran wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While waiting for my city's answer, I'm looking at how accessible
> transit data is for various Canadian cities.
>
> For various cities, I would like to compile:
> -whether an online route planner is available.
>  
http://www.octranspo.com/Intro_Trip_Planner.htm
> -bus stop locations (GIS-friendly file formats would be good)
>  
http://www.octranspo.com/maps_menue_systemMap.htm (not necessarily friendly!
> -complete schedules in an easily parsed ("read") format.
>  
http://www.octranspo.com/mapscheds/stopscheds/BusStop_menuE.htm  +  
http://www.octranspo.com/maps_menue.htm

not in an easily parsed menu!
> If you would like to help, let me know what city you are in, and how
> your city's transit operator reacted to your request for the above
> information.
>  
just got it off the web, if you cannot work with what i send & need
something better let me know and i will call!
> The objective is to build free / open-source route planner software,
> and convincing municipalities to open their transit data.
i like it!  Keeping it up to date seamesslessly would be something amazing!
> If you are
> interested in building such a beast, let me know.
>  
not code smart like you - ;)

> Cheers,
>
> Daniel.
>
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