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I don't think adding the integration would be hard. For example, the Montreal bike system (and other Bixi deployments) has all the information you'd need to add
by jfim 12y ago
I don't think adding the integration would be hard. For example, the Montreal bike system (and other Bixi deployments) has all the information you'd need to add the integration, including the lat/lon of all stations and their current bike count[1]. Citibike has a different endpoint[2] and data format, due to the contractual dispute between Bixi and 8D, so they had a different system deployed than other Bixi rollouts.
A simple implementation would simply walk between the endpoints of the route and the closest bike stations. A better integration would also consider more complicated multimodal routes (walk, bike, metro, bike, walk) and historical usage patterns to predict empty/full stations.
If it helps convince the PTB that public bike system integration is a must, I use it as my sole means of transportation during the summer months, relying exclusively on bike navigation (it's great!), then awkwardly fumbling with another app to find a bike station near my destination.
[1] https://montreal.bixi.com/data/bikeStations.xml https://montreal.bixi.com/data/bikeStations.xml
[2] http://appservices.citibikenyc.com/data2/stations.php http://appservices.citibikenyc.com/data2/stations.php