The purpose of this app is to help ferry commuters in Washington State.
This application was developed on 2015-03-2[0-2] for the 2015 Seattle Hack The Commute.
Our app is live at http://fairytime.herokuapp.com/.
Screen Shots:
Our submission is for Challenge #2: Improve the commuter experience in any single mode.
Our approach for satisfying this challenge was to:
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Our Concept.
- Commuting via ferry can be troublesome at best
- Example from the King5 News about the traffic at Fauntleroy
- Everyone who has used the ferry has the experience of waiting in the queue, not knowing if you'll make it
- 23 million users depend on the ferry system Many of the surrounding areas need to get into Seattle, which has the highest income average in the region
- Commuting via ferry can be troublesome at best
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Execution.
- Awesomeness of Ferry Fairy, to be seen in action!
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The Impact.
- People have a better travel experience by knowing what to expect
- One app to rule them all
- Commuters can plan and adjust according to realtime data of ferry waits
- From this app, it can build more real time information for WSF, which can inform policy makers
- Can collect a large dataset of users and wait times
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Implementation & Sustainability.
- Need More Routes
- Currently, only one route
- Advertising to ferry commuters
- Moving forward - need realtime assessment for people "up stream" of the toll booth
- Utilization of GPS location, User inputted landmarks
- WSDOT Booth Information
- Vehicle Detection Loops
- Connecting with the Ferry Commnunity
- Parking Space Information for Walk-Ons
- Sustainability
- Start with volunteer
- As usership grows, dataset becomes more valuable
- Need More Routes
Our team is comprised of:
- @fierlion - Ray Foote - general dev stuffs
- @thalijw - Wisam Thalij - general javascript and html stuffs
- @bkstamm67 - Brian Stamm - general data stuffs
- @musickka - Katie Musick - general javascript and html stuffs
- @LathamFell - Latham Fell - general support, father extraordinaire
- @shawnbuck8 - Shawn Buck - general mapping stuffs
- @qayshp - Qays Poonawala - general dev stuffs
We made use of:
- The WSDOT API Website
- Specifically, [WSDOT Ferries Terminals] (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/api/terminals/rest/help)
- And, [WSDOT Ferries Schedule] (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/api/schedule/rest/help)
- @wsdot WSDOT Twitter feed
In order to build and run our app:
- Visit our Heoku hosted mobile web app.
Our code is licensed under the MIT License. Pull requests will be accepted to this repo, pending review and approval.
Copyright (c) 2015 Ferry Time, Incorporated.
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