If you have ever fancied yourself a city planner, this new bus routes tool will be right up your alley. From Code for America, Transitmix allows you to create your own new bus routes in the city of your choice.
The planning tool is ideal for letting you vent your frustrations with your city's current transit system. By simply clicking and dragging you can make entirely new routes, set schedules and see how much it would cost (not including labor). Inspired by Streetmix, the designers behind Transitmix worked with an aim to "democratize transit planning." Perfect for professional urban planners too, the tool lets anyone sketch out lines and see how service, scheduling and costs have to be managed.
Transit Planning Tools
Code for America's Transitmix Lets You Create and Share New Bus Routes
Trend Themes
1. User-generated Transit Routes - A trend of allowing users to create their own transit routes is emerging, providing an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the transportation industry.
2. Democratization of Transit Planning - The trend of democratizing transit planning through user-friendly tools like Transitmix opens up opportunities for disruptive innovation in urban planning and public transportation sectors.
3. Visualization Tools for Transit Planning - The trend of using visualization tools like Transitmix for transit planning creates opportunities for disruptive innovation in urban infrastructure management.
Industry Implications
1. Transportation - The transportation industry can leverage user-generated transit routes and the democratization of transit planning to drive disruptive innovation in improving public transportation systems.
2. Urban Planning - The urban planning industry can benefit from the availability of user-friendly visualization tools like Transitmix, enabling disruptive innovation in designing efficient and cost-effective transit systems.
3. Technology - The technology industry can play a role in developing advanced visualization tools and platforms like Transitmix, fueling disruptive innovation in transit planning and urban infrastructure management.