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WMATA Metrobus data projects explore effects of fare payments, disruptions
Other presenters at Transportation Techies’ Bus Hack Night shared projects to help riders better understand their local bus routes Though the D.C. region has one of the busiest bus systems in the...
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Traffic planners should listen up to solutions offered by Transportation Techies
Traffic wastes time and money almost everywhere on the planet, so congestion is the bogeyman many transportation planners hope to defeat. Attendees at the most-recent Transportation Techies Meetup –...
View ArticleBoston’s nerdy shadow transit agency – CommonWealth
What unites the three guys featured in this article is a fascination with data and transportation. They have found a way, in their spare time, to advocate for change at the MBTA in a radically new way....
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Techies: There are better ways to figure out how to catch your Metro train
Many of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s fundamental problems – like funding and infrastructure – appear to be sticking around. But the agency’s open-data policy provides a lot of...
View ArticleHow Transportation Techies built a meetup into a community – Technical.ly
Two things you’re guaranteed to see when you walk into one of Mobility Lab’s Transportation techies monthly meetups: “the latest hacks of transit systems and a crowd of people who seem to care a lot...
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Traffic data is abundant, Techies find ways to make it both valuable and fun
Traffic experts met last week at Spaces NoMA for the fourth Playing with Traffic event of Transportation Techies. A handful presented their latest work in a rapid-fire show-and-tell of the wide array...
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Biking data gets some fascinating hacks in the D.C. region
As one of several fascinating presentations last week at Mobility Lab’s latest Transportation Techies’ meetup – Bike Hack Night VIII – Michael Graham has created spider maps of bike networks to provide...
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Digging into the data of dockless (and other shared) bike systems
Mobility Lab’s Transportation Techies brought tech lovers together last week at the Black Cat nightclub in Washington, D.C., to dig into the troves of data generated by the growing number of bikeshare...
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Biking gets easier (and more fun) with Techies’ hacks
Last week, coders presented their apps and data projects using bike movement – from both shared and personal bikes – at Bike Hack Night IX for Mobility Lab’s Transportation Techies. What did all of...
View ArticleA round-up of transit agencies’ open data
The best part about open data is that anybody can make transportation better. Improving transportation is the goal of Transportation Techies, our meet-up group where coders turn open data from transit...
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Data analysts show the potential value of Amtrak’s data… if they could find it
Amtrak is a valuable resource for the transportation ecosystem – especially in the Northeast – but few people know that. Opening its data could help Amtrak tell its story and provide context for delays...
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Techies use data hacks to shave minutes off your Metro ride
Public transportation system data – like timestamps of train arrivals, for example – is cool for planners and data analysts, but how does that translate into helping everyday riders? Ben Shepherd, in...
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WMATA is using SmarTrip card data to understand how riders get around
You might know that the Red Line train you board every morning is crowded. But WMATA, Washington DC’s transit agency, needs more information than that to improve service. Data on train and bus...
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Curb data collection gets an augmented reality makeover
These days, tons of vehicles compete for space on curbs. From buses, cars, bikes, dockless e-scooters, and (don’t forget) adorable sidewalk delivery robots, today’s curb isn’t your grandparents’...
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Open data feeds could improve access to bikeshare and dockless scooters
Bikeshare data in Washington, DC, provides a useful context for planners to grow the city’s cycling network. When this data is publicly available, coders and advocates can highlight areas of need that...
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Capital Bikeshare’s Bike Angels program uses nudge theory to influence rider...
Bikeshare systems, both docked and dockless, struggle with a perpetual problem of balancing their bikes. Although dedicated teams shuttle bikes around a system at almost any hour of the day, it’s never...
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Can machine learning improve road safety and traffic? Techies try it out
In the right hands, automated systems like computer vision and artificial intelligence can act as tools for humans to make better decisions. For transportation planners and advocates, they can lead to...
View ArticleMeet the Double Threats: Cyclists who code
Bicyclists in the Washington, DC area encounter obstacles along most of their rides throughout the region. With blocked bike lanes, aggressive drivers, and potholed streets, fighting for a safe space...
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Transportation Techies build data tools to communicate transit’s needs
The fact that Transportation Techies (our geeky meet-up group) even exists shows that we swim in a sea of data. Luckily, there’s a conversation bubbling among transit agencies and advocates about how...
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Open-data standards are helping to hack an understanding of scooter and...
Among the millions of trips that occur on scooter and bikeshare services across the U.S., anyone can harness and create tools that allow them to understand how the behavior of other users of those...
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