[*BCM*] bad drivers

[Brian Moore]

I can do design and basic backend systems; I can't necessarily write  
something that complicated.

Let me know when/if you need HTML/CSS stuff. If you need a site, I  
can give it to you!

Brian

On Apr 6, 2007, at 5:11 PM, Bror Jonsson wrote:

>
> 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-----
>> From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
>> [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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