PATHTRAININFO.COM
My new website has now reached it's beta phase! It is published and out for the world to see. It can be accessed at pathtraininfo.com. I have also touched up the website to make it look better and added some new things. For example, there is now an abandoned stations page that talks about stations that are no longer used in the PATH Train system. I also added some basic information on the front page in order to make it more professional. Besides that, some of the backgrounds have been changed to better reflect how each station looks in the background of text. As for what is next for the website, that would be setting up my presentation for it at the end of the year in addition to making some of the text more visible since it can be tricky to see what the text is saying due to the colors of the background pictures. I am very excited for the future of this website, and my future website endeavors!
Friday, April 12, 2019
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Progress Report on PATH Website for January 2019:
My website is extremely close to being able to open for open beta. Almost all of the information necessary for the website to be up and running is present and accounted for. The only section I have left would be to finish up the "Abandoned Stations" section. For this section, the research took a little longer than expected due to having to do some field research (I had to go to the site of one of the stations due to so little information being on the internet). However, all of this research is now completed, and all that is left is to enter it. As for the other sections, like the general information section and station sections, they are all done. Every bit of information publicly available that I could find is here and accounted for. All of the station exits, which I had to collect information on myself due to there being no internet resource, is also here. I also have additional information and fun facts that are spread out around the website and placed where they need to be accordingly. I am almost exactly where I said I would be on my progress report, with my website about to go into beta. After this happens, I will work on porting it to mobile via an app and bringing the website to a full release.
My website is extremely close to being able to open for open beta. Almost all of the information necessary for the website to be up and running is present and accounted for. The only section I have left would be to finish up the "Abandoned Stations" section. For this section, the research took a little longer than expected due to having to do some field research (I had to go to the site of one of the stations due to so little information being on the internet). However, all of this research is now completed, and all that is left is to enter it. As for the other sections, like the general information section and station sections, they are all done. Every bit of information publicly available that I could find is here and accounted for. All of the station exits, which I had to collect information on myself due to there being no internet resource, is also here. I also have additional information and fun facts that are spread out around the website and placed where they need to be accordingly. I am almost exactly where I said I would be on my progress report, with my website about to go into beta. After this happens, I will work on porting it to mobile via an app and bringing the website to a full release.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
MTA Transit Tech Lab
Just came across some news about MTA relevant to your project: http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-and-business-leaders-launch-transit-tech-lab. It's a real-world business opportunity.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
PATH Train Navigation
My project, tentatively titled "The PATH of PATH" is designed to be a software used on mobile phones (predominantly iOS and Android devices) that allows one to navigate the Port Authority Trans-Hudson subway system easier and with more efficiency. It will include amenities such as train timetables, directions to get from one station to another, directions on how to enter and exit the station, and even certain facts about the system to entertain one's commute. I will use a mobile development software and my coding background in HTML/CSS and Python in order to create this application. I will develop a prototype first based on the 33rd Street PATH station and if it is successful, I will expand it to the other twelve stations in the system. It will also have voice assistance so that those who are blind can use the app as well. There will be no GPS functionality in my app as it is not necessary to provide directions. People will simply choose from a list of stations as their starting point and ending point. Inside the station for directions, it will simply have a list of directions. For the visually impaired, it will have voice assistance that will read out the directions similar to Siri. I will attempting to do this project alone.
In terms of licensing, I might need to ask for the license to use the PATH logos and to take pictures of the PATH train system in order to use them in the app for certain functions like directions and fun facts. The licensing is simple, as I just have to shoot them an e-mail about taking pictures in their system in order to comply with their bylaws as currently, I need a PATH employee's approval to take pictures of the PATH system. I would also need a mobile app development software such as Surge Forward or Tibco. Surge Forward is an app development corporation that would help me achieve this, and they offer price estimates in order to help me do so. I would need funds for this as I need to buy these mobile development softwares. Other people have done something similar for the New York City Subway, but no one has ever done it for PATH. What I mean is that other people have made guides to the New York City Subway in order for people who are unfamiliar with the system to be able to navigate with relative ease. I plan to go more in depth with the PATH system with things like fun facts because it is much smaller with 13 stations instead of the 472 of the New York City Subway.
After I get everything set up, I will first try to use the app development tool to make the pages of the app, with each station getting their own page and providing directions to all the other 12 stations in the system. I will start with 33rd Street in order to understand what is necessary to build something like this. My plan for the next 3 weeks is to outline a prototype for the 33rd Street station and try to translate that into code.
In terms of licensing, I might need to ask for the license to use the PATH logos and to take pictures of the PATH train system in order to use them in the app for certain functions like directions and fun facts. The licensing is simple, as I just have to shoot them an e-mail about taking pictures in their system in order to comply with their bylaws as currently, I need a PATH employee's approval to take pictures of the PATH system. I would also need a mobile app development software such as Surge Forward or Tibco. Surge Forward is an app development corporation that would help me achieve this, and they offer price estimates in order to help me do so. I would need funds for this as I need to buy these mobile development softwares. Other people have done something similar for the New York City Subway, but no one has ever done it for PATH. What I mean is that other people have made guides to the New York City Subway in order for people who are unfamiliar with the system to be able to navigate with relative ease. I plan to go more in depth with the PATH system with things like fun facts because it is much smaller with 13 stations instead of the 472 of the New York City Subway.
After I get everything set up, I will first try to use the app development tool to make the pages of the app, with each station getting their own page and providing directions to all the other 12 stations in the system. I will start with 33rd Street in order to understand what is necessary to build something like this. My plan for the next 3 weeks is to outline a prototype for the 33rd Street station and try to translate that into code.
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