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	== Open-source transportation software projects ==		== Open-source transportation software projects ==
	The [https://github.com/~~luqmaan~~/awesome-transit Awesome Transit] Github page also provides a list of open-source software projects.		The [https://github.com/CUTR-at-USF/awesome-transit Awesome Transit] Github page also provides a list of open-source software projects.

	=== [[OneBusAway]]<ref>[https://onebusaway.org/] OneBusAway. Retrieved 17 January 2018</ref> ===		=== [[OneBusAway]]<ref>[https://onebusaway.org/] OneBusAway. Retrieved 17 January 2018</ref> ===
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Zaccuardi: Created the open-source software page with a skeleton outline and some high-level text, primarily sourced from a TransportationCamp 2018 session on the topic.

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Created the open-source software page with a skeleton outline and some high-level text, primarily sourced from a TransportationCamp 2018 session on the topic.

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=== Benefits ===
By investing in open-source software, government agencies, companies, and non-profit organizations can leverage their investments to create shared, public benefits. In effect, those who invest in open-source software are attempting to "pool" their investments to create software that lives in the public commons. Part of organizations' hoped-for return on their open-source investments is that other organizations will also invest in ongoing, incremental improvements to the same software, yielding continued benefits at no additional cost. Additionally, adopting open-source software can reduce vendor lock-in to high-cost, proprietary software.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/10POhMhFW6tt1a5Sad6CWCO-VfAK8i0A1yZmg5DwGV3w/edit?usp=sharing] "Can Open Source Transit Software Survive?" TransportationCamp 2018. Discussion moderated by Sean Barbeau and Kari Watkins. Retrieved 17 January 2018</ref>

=== Practices that support open-source software ===
Developing open-source software is a complex undertaking given the competing demands of software code that is both (a) sufficiently generalizable to be useful to a diverse array of users, and (b) sufficiently tailored to any given end-users' needs. It is also challenging to coordinate open-source software development, especially when there are many users likely to be impacted by any given change. Public-sector transportation agencies can advance open-source software development using the following strategies, among others:
* Adding open-source requirements to software procurements
* Adding a budget line-item and/or project task for the "open-sourcing" and related documentation of newly developed code
* Clearly communicate successes and open-source software implementations
* Coordinate with peer agencies to identify list of shared priorities and share costs for larger 'capital' improvements to open-source code blocks.

=== Transportation agencies supporting open-source software ===
* MTA
* MBTA
* Sound Transit
* Caltrans
* Oregon DOT

=== Private companies developing open-source transportation software ===
* Cambridge Systematics
* Conveyal
* IBI Group

=== Non-profit organizations developing open-source transportation software ===
* Zephyr Foundation

== Open-source transportation software projects ==
The [https://github.com/luqmaan/awesome-transit Awesome Transit] Github page also provides a list of open-source software projects.

=== [[OneBusAway]]<ref>[https://onebusaway.org/] OneBusAway. Retrieved 17 January 2018</ref> ===
* Provides an API optimized for accessing real-time transit information
* Includes open-source native apps for iOS, Android, Amazon Alexa, Google Glass
* Can consume GTFS-realtime and other real-time formats
* Deployed in 10 cities with more than 1 million users
* Available for iOS and Android

=== [[OpenTripPlanner]]<ref>[http://www.opentripplanner.org/]OpenTripPlanner. Retrieved 17 January 2018</ref> ===
* Provides an API optimized for multimodal trip planning, including bikeshare
* Can consume GTFS-realtime, General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS)
* At least 13 production deployments globally, including the LA Metro and MBTA websites

=== [[TheTransitClock]]<ref>[https://github.com/TheTransitClock] TheTransitClock. Github. Retrieved on 17 January 2018. </ref> ===
* Generating arrival/departure predictions given raw vehicle data
* Can export predictions in GTFS-realtime and other formats

Open-source software - Revision history

Barbeau at 14:32, 26 March 2019

Barbeau: Update Awesome-transit list

Zaccuardi: Created the open-source software page with a skeleton outline and some high-level text, primarily sourced from a TransportationCamp 2018 session on the topic.