This is Our Stop is an ad-hoc social network around bus stops! See it running at: http://thisisourstop.com. Currently we only support Vancouver-area bus stops using Translink's open data, but the code can be readily adapted to work for any municipal transit system that has data available in a format the Google Transit can use.
We invite re-use and adaptation of the project for other experiments in micro social networks, and contribution to the current Vancouver-based project to see how far we can take the idea.
For more information about any aspect of the project, contact [email protected].
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Sam Dal Monte in his visual design work and assistance in refining the interaction design and sticker ordering. We also acknowledge Karen Quinn Fung for the original idea from which This is Our Stop was made. We also acknowledge the contribution of TransLink by making bus stop and schedule data available in an open format, without which this project would not be possible.
Create a postgres database, import your GTFS data using gtsfsdb: gtfsdb-load --database_url postgresql://postgres@localhost/thisisourstop --file http://mapexport.translink.bc.ca/CURRENT/google_transit.zip --schema public. Install node and npm.
- $ git clone [email protected]:denimandsteel/thisisourstop.git
- $ cd thisisourstop
- $ node schema.js # Create database schema for comments.
- $ npm install # Install dependencies
- $ npm start
Visit the site at http://localhost:3000 in a web browser.
The site was originally developed using Heroku, and here are some basic steps that may guide you on getting it to work there. Create an account at Heroku.
- $ gem install heroku
- $ heroku keys:add
- $ heroku create --stack cedar # to get a node.js capable stack
- $ git push heroku
- $ heroku ps:scale web=1 # node apps require a resize
- $ heroku open # open a web browser to the site
- $ heroku logs -t # show instance log (useful to keep an eye on if you have a large GTFS file)
Import GTFS using GTFSDB to a local database then migrate data to Heroku using this or similar.
Make sure you set up your environment properly for production:
- $ heroku config:add NODE_ENV=production
- $ heroku config:add TIOS_ADMIN=admin:password
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