[*BCM*] bad drivers

[Bror Jonsson]

I can also host a development site if necessary.

How many people on this list are interested in helping out with such  
a system? Anyone is needed, both technical and non-technical people.

The best thing concerning temporary problems such as roadwork or Red  
Socks fans, is by the way that we can have an expiration date on the  
info. Let's say that you bike home from work and there is a big  
flooding somewhere. You can enter it in the database and set an  
expirations date of 24 hours. Then there can be a system with E-mail  
warnings that people can subscribe to so that you get a warning if a  
problem is entered into the system for the region you are interested in.


:-)Bror

On 6 apr 2007, at 11.46, David Watson wrote:

> MassBike would host something like this, we've been talking about  
> doing a
> bike commuter route finder for awhile, but haven't figured out how to
> collect enough data to make it really useful for people who could  
> be riding
> from pretty much anywhere in the metro area.  Can Google Maps somehow
> integrate bicycle-specific data with its regular data, so that it  
> can give a
> complete route when not every segment has bicycle data?  Over time,  
> as more
> bicycle data is added, the routes would improve.
>
> In addition to identifying streets that are good for biking, it  
> would be
> great to be able to flag things like potholes, maintenance  
> problems, road
> closures, etc. both for riders and to report to the DPW for repairs.
>
> This could be a great tool.  We think one of the main things that  
> keeps
> people from trying bike commuting is not knowing the best/safest  
> way to go.
>
> -David
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org]On Behalf Of
> Tripp Hyde
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 2:27 PM
> To: Boston Critical Mass
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] bad drivers
>
>
> The google maps API is free.  I could mess around with it and see what
> I can come up with.  However, we need a place to host it.  Who's in
> charge of the BCM website?
>
> On 4/6/07, T B <pfadfa at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> You can file a complaint about bad drivers with this:
>>
>> http://www.state.ma.us/rmv/forms/21171.pdf
>>
>> And I love the idea of a central online Boston Google Bike Map.  Any
>> volunteers?
>>
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