From Flat Files to Usable Deliverables: FME Empowers Transit

From Flat Files to Usable Deliverables: FME Empowers Transit Michael Grant Manager, Monitoring & Forecasting

Overview
Background
BC Transit, Monitoring & Forecasting
FME Empowerment
Why we use FME
Flat Files
BSMS, Hastus, APC
Examples
Automating bus stop names
Google Transit
Building bus route paths (with offsets)
Displaying Automated Passenger Count data

Background
BC Transit
Authority for public passenger transportation systems and rail transit systems in regions throughout BC.
Monitoring & Forecasting
Department for monitoring BC Transit's productivity.

FME Empowerment
Need
Data driven department
Data in / data out… lots of processing and analysis
Existing Software
Good and bad…
Development of standards
Improve quality, efficiency, and functionality
Benefits of FME
Control the process
Customize based on the data available
Customize the outputs

Flat Files
Bus Stop Management System (BSMS)
BaseStops.csv (import/export file)
Contains all of the BUS STOP attributes
Hastus (scheduling software)
General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)
Automated Passenger Counters (APC)
*.dat files (raw data)

Example – BSMS
Bus Stop Management System (BSMS)

Example – BSMS
BaseStops.csv

Example – BSMS
Naming Bus Stops

Example – Google Transit
General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)

Combine GTFS with Bus Stops

Google Transit Trip Planner

Example – Route Paths
Process GTFS to a usable format

HastusFormatted1

From Bus Stop – To Bus Stop

Building the routes

Example – Offset Paths
OffsetPaths – Custom Transformer

Offset Paths with Bezier Curves

Offset Paths with symbology

Example – Schedule Animation
Show schedule animation

Example – APC Dat file
Raw APC Dat file

Example – APC Animation
Show APC animation

Example – EpochDatetime
Formatting the date and time

Example – AzimuthCalculator
Calculate the azimuth from A to B

Thank You!
Questions?
For more information:
Michael Grant
Manager, Monitoring & Forecasting
BC Transit
[email_address]

From Flat Files to Usable Deliverables: FME Empowers Transit

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