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BART Improves Equipment Outage Feeds

BART converted their elevator and escalator outage tracking feed from using a manually input system to an automated system tied into their work-order system. This feed is now polled every minute and the results are displayed on the website. Web Master Designs updated the BART API to show this information and incorporated that feed into the BART website.

BART Updates QuickPlanner

As part of a project to improve their QuickPlanner trip-planning tool, BART requested new enhancements which included adding some new fields as well as improving the scheduling service and transfer locations. Web Master Designs took the lead on defining the new scope, providing project management of the overall project and integration of the new QuickPlanner results into the BART API and website.

BART Contra Costa County Extension Opens Soon

As part of a number of system-wide expansion projects (including Silicon Valley, Livermore, and East Contra Costa County), the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is preparing to open two new stations, extending the Pittsburg Bay Point/SFO - Millbrae line out to Pittsburg City Center and Antioch. Adding these new stations to the BART API and handling trip requests before the new line opens was handled by Web Master Designs in preparation of the new stations opening.

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BART API Case Study

The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is a leader in the "Open Government" movement, and a big proponent of "open data". It was one of the first transit agencies to provide schedules in the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) format, and was providing some additional data in XML and RSS feeds. It wanted to expand this to allow developers wider access to all of the BART data, including trip planning, real-time service, station information, and much more.