Hello, By the way, just wanted to point out that Google has more than enough granular data to describe routes, roads, congestions and general traffic flow of many cities including B'lore, at least for the direct use by BMTC for introducing routes.
The actual impact that this can have in city planning is tremendous. Given that Google mapping team has it's home base in B'lore, I'm wondering if we can in earnest start a participatory effort with them to introduce routes with the help of analytics and data. I do not see any major competitive loss that Google will have by doing such a thing. I'm not aware that an engagement model between Google and cities exists like this, but if it doesn't then it may be one of the best ways to improve traffic and city planning worldwide. Why not start it here first! I think it's quite within the realm of possibility. On 10 June 2017 at 09:46, Johnson Chetty <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way, just wanted to point out that Google has more than enough > granular data to describe routes, roads, congestions and general traffic > flow of many cities including B'lore, at least for the direct use by BMTC > for introducing routes. > > The actual impact that this can have in city planning is tremendous. > > Given that Google mapping team has it's home base in B'lore, I'm wondering > if we can in earnest start a participatory effort with them to introduce > routes with the help of analytics and data. > I do not see any major competitive loss that Google will have by doing > such a thing. > > I'm not aware that an engagement model between Google and cities exists > like this, but if it doesn't then it may be one of the best ways to improve > traffic and city planning worldwide. Why not start it here first! I think > it's quite within the realm of possibility. > > > > > On 9 June 2017 at 14:15, Nagesh Aras <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Now BMTC has announced that it will share its transit data directly >> <http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/bmtc-to-open-up-transit-data-enabling-entrepreneurs-build-mobility-solutions/59064430> >> . >> So old repo may not be not needed! >> >> >> On Monday, June 5, 2017 at 12:15:58 AM UTC+5:30, srinivas kodali wrote: >> >>> All, >>> >>> BMTC is inviting suggestions for new feeder routes in Bangalore. >>> >>> https://twitter.com/BMTC_Bangalore/status/870518764273516544 >>> >>> http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/bmtc-seeks-pub >>> lic-opinion-on-priority-lanes/article18683094.ece >>> >>> In the past we sent them suggestions to improve there ITS application. >>> Sajjad's analyses of BMTC route network was also shared with them. >>> http://datameet.org/2016/02/14/analysing-bangalores-bus-network/ >>> >>> If people are interested, we could analyse some real-time GPS data and >>> other route information asking them to improve public transport further. >>> >>> An old repo of BMTC API's to access real-time GPS data >>> https://github.com/iotakodali/bmtc-realtime-api >>> >>> Regards, >>> Srinivas Kodali >>> www.lostprogrammer.com >>> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Warm Regards, Johnson Chetty -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
