Exploring Washington Metro Transit Authority's API and Developer Community
Delve into the Washington Metro Transit Authority's API initiatives, including real-time train positions, call volumes by type and developer, and the evolution of their API background. Discover how the Authority is engaging with developers to enhance service reliability, performance, and user experience.
Download Presentation
Please find below an Image/Link to download the presentation.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author. Download presentation by click this link. If you encounter any issues during the download, it is possible that the publisher has removed the file from their server.
E N D
Presentation Transcript
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Welcome to Transportation Techies!!! Office of Planning / Department of Information Technology February 23, 2016
Metro Announcements Metro to release Real-Time Train Positions API Summer 2016 Work with developer community to determine how to make it most useful Metro Data Day Developers, Users and Advocates Ideation: what other problems can we solve with this data? Date TBD
Metro API: Quick Stats ~600 million calls in 2014. ~1.2 billion calls in 2015. Approximately $5M spent to date building and operating the services 688 new user registrations in 2015, total of 2821 users. 8 new users made between 1-5 million calls. 22 new users made between 100K and 1 million calls. 273 active users (over 10K calls). 89% of calls are for real-time data (bus + train).
Metro API: Background V1 of API s (2010-2013) Enterprise Architect Define the core data being provided Build the framework, working with data stewards Release and evaluate performance V2 of API s (2014-now) Web Applications team Fix what s broken to get to a reliable service level Migrate to more cost-sustainable cloud service platform Focus on maximizing performance reliability, cost containment Evaluate our users Strategically enhance to support new entrants in important niches Proactively engage with developers to foster collaboration on focus and investment
API Call Volume (2011 Jan 2016) Jun 2014 Bus positions fix released Nov 2013 API transitions to EWPG
Top 10 Developers by Call Volume (2015) Application Class API Calls Arlington County Signage Signage 281,657,909 (22%) DC Metro and Bus Mobile App 207,824,937 (16%) The Transit App Mobile App 158,870,613 (12%) Luminator Signage 152,465,807 (12%) Transit Near Me Signage 112,727,215 (9%) Citymapper Mobile App 23,959,916 (2%) DC Next Bus Mobile App 19,662,736 (2%) BusTrackDC Mobile App 17,833,575 (1%) Metropolitan Overlook Dashboard Signage 11,585,422 (1%) RideDC Portal Dashboard Signage 10,767,372 (1%) 1,271,496,761
API Roadmap Focus on enabling customers to use our services with maximum safety and convenience Train predictions Train crowding Station crowding Public safety incidents More granular elevator/escalator availability Careful management of investments in platform costs and data services Proactive engagement with customers and developers to drive strategic decisions
Data Feeds Already Available Metro Transparent Data Sets API GTFS Schedule Data GTFS-RT -- Alerts PlanItMetro Ridership Data DC OCTO GIS Data
People Including Those in the Room Are Using These Feeds Metro Hack Nights I III: Train in Vain data-tracking project for Washington City Paper. Read n Ride Metrorail Walk Sheds TRANSITiQ Real-Time Metro Arrival Board with Raspberry Pi and LEDs ClickAndGo interactive Metro map of station architectures app for catching Metro to a Nats game Metro web/mobile app dataviz of all stations' total entrances and exits animated simulation of the metro bus system MetroMinder DC Metro Metrics CapitolHop TransitNearMe Metro Hangman and Metro Tools
Metro Data Day, Summer 2016 This summer, Metro will host a Data Day : Bringing together developers, users and advocates Identify unmet needs Explore how existing, modified, and new data can be put to better use In the meantime, take our survey! http://tinyurl.com/WMATATechies
Were Just Getting Started Carey Anne Nadeau Founder & CEO Open Data Nation Michael Eichler Strategic Planning Advisor Metro Office of Planning WMATA
