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by samvermette 3445 days ago
You're only going to get accurate departure times if someone else is using GO on that bus/train you're waiting for!
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What does it take to add real-time data for a new city?

I've been interested in trying to scrape the data from the transit provider here. They have what appears to be reasonably accurate arrival predictions which they display through an atrocious app, and electronic signboards at some bus stops. The busses have a terminal for the driver that displays how long they need to dwell at times stops and announces the next stop, so I assume this is (at an unknown interval) transmitting the locations to their server.

I haven't gone further in looking at it yet, because google maps will only add data sources directly from the official transit provider.

Oh, yes, I know. I hope the fellows downstream had better performance.