City Transport TM

Simplify getting around Timișoara!

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github accounts : @axnsan12 @daryne77 @DenisTDR @aidadenisa @schinalex

category : Smart City

table No. : 19

Inspiration

We were inspired to do this app mainly because for our needs, because, as students, time is very important for us ("live while you are young", they say) and we always aim to waste as much time as possible getting from a place to another. Since almost none of has has a car, public transport is the main means of getting where we want in the city. We also wanted a fast way of finding out how much time we have to wait for the bus to arrive (or soon the boat) and also to see the best route I can take from one place to another.

What it does

It shows you a map with all the stations marked on it. You will be shown the closest station from your physical location with the routes and the times the next means of transport arrives. It also offers you in another tab the posibility to see all the routes (for the bycicles you will see the stations and the number of bycicles in that moment.

How I built it

Backend in python with Flask. Frontend in ionic mobile + angular.js

Challenges I ran into

Getting data in a useful manner from the RATT website. Drawing and interfacing with Google Maps. Using Google Maps together with angular.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Getting data in a useful manner from the RATT website.

What I learned

We learned to better cooperate with my team and generate better ideas by debating, we learned to use the Google Maps API better, we learned to use the Ionic framework and also to HAVE MORE FUN than working alone.

What's next for City Transport Timișoara

Next steps:

  • getting a useful map experience for the user
  • getting the route and arrival time data displayed in the client
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Updates

posted an update —

Hey guys!

It's been both a tough and joyful night, coding here with friends at Hack TM 2015. Our team is achieving more and more goals from our development plan and, as the results start to show, we couldn't be more proud.

Some of the things our team has achieved through the night:

all the stations to be marked on the map lists of routes of public transport (only busses and tram untill now) lists with real time for each route of public transport logo and visual identity

Hope you guys have made a progress with your app too and wish you good luck!

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posted an update —

The City Transport Timișoara app is starting to become the useful app we all wished for.

It has stations marked on the map, 2 menus /* one for the means of transport and the other for the way the data is shown / and a route made between two stations. It also has a nice logo and collor pallete now which will make it pretty and awesome as it deserves to be! /*soon to be available for you to see/

We're up next working on the css layout, especially the way of showing the times and the routes for every station /in the map view/, backend bla.....white!!! magic and also some angular functionality for the routes.

Stay tuned to find out more about our work and maybe pass by and drink a glass of juice with us. Good luck, everyone!

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