BusConnects Dublin is a major investment programme to improve public transport in the city, with a focus on increased efficiency and reliability.
Compass Informatics’ role was to provide a visualisation and route planning tool to illustrate how the changes would impact journeys and generate public discussion.
The National Transport Authority or NTA is the transport authority for Greater Dublin and the public transport licensing agency for Ireland.
The NTA took over certain functions from the Department of Transport and the entire role of the Dublin Transportation Office.
The NTA operates under the consumer facing brand Transport for Ireland.
In advance of the second phase of public consultation for the Bus Connects Dublin (BCD) project, the National Transport Authority (NTA) identified the need for an online tool.
The tool must allow members of the public to visualise how the new BCD network will facilitate their day-to-day travel.
It also needed to be reliable and robust to accommodate high volumes of requests, cost effective and easy to use.
The Route Mapper relies upon Open Street Map (OSM) as the underlying base data in the application, combined with Open Trip Planner and the NTA’s proprietary GTFS data.
OpenTripPlanner (OTP) is a family of open source software that provides passenger information and transportation network analysis services.
The component finds itineraries combining transit, pedestrian, bicycle, and car segments through networks built from widely available, open standard OSM and GTFS data.
Routing parameters are configured to represent the proposed network and service schedules.
The search function can allow up to 3 route options, where available:
The User Interface enables the user to search for their starting location using:
The search function is restricted to a distance of 3000m from the Dublin Bus Network, with an error notification if users try to select areas that are not in range.
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‘In the design & delivery of these services, the staff of Compass Informatics have displayed a high level of technical skill in & have engaged well with management in designing solutions that are fit for requirements.’
