Data Aggregation / Visualization Applications

Commute Planner

Overview

Trying to plan your commute during a busy rush hour is the worst! Build an app to help plan your commute using public metro APIs.

MVP

• Users can view public metro data in a user-friendly format to understand things like peak transit times, frequency of train/vehicles, commute options, etc. What you display is up to you, as long as it's related to public transit data!
• Users can filter this data based on various fields (location, direction, transit type, and more).

Stretch Goals

• Display results on top of a map with an interactive view.
• Show live indicators that warn when certain lines or delayed or cancelled.
• Support for multiple cities.
• Support for other types of transit (eg bike shares).

Technical Challenges

• Working with potentially irregular datasets.
• Connecting with multiple APIs.
• Displaying data in a user-friendly way.

Suggested Stack

• Consider using a noSQL database if your datasets are not naturally relational such as MongoDB or Firebase.
• Data Viz library such as D3 (if you want the most flexibility) or Chart.js (if you want basic graphs).
• React.

References

*On My Line