@jsit cc @scott #BikeHopper

You can now long-press the map in #BikeHopper to select a destination. A much-desired feature that should help when we don’t know the business name or address you’re looking for!

Today in #BikeHopper: shipped several little bug/annoyance fixes, including initializing the date picker properly. Also converted the build system from Create React App to #Vite.

Code: https://github.com/bikehopper/bikehopper-ui
Live version supporting SF Bay Area only: https://bikehopper.org

Things I've learned implementing service alert display in #BikeHopper:

1. Bay Area transit agencies don't translate any of their alerts, except...
2. AC Transit does, but it does so by appending English, Spanish and Chinese into one super long string instead of using the actual translation mechanism.
3. You can't filter transit agencies' promotional crap (ex. Muni announcing the new* 1X route as an alert affecting all lines) because they set every alert's cause, effect & severity to unknown.

The biggest challenge for #BikeHopper right now is #geocoding.

We're able to get great streets data from #OpenStreetMap, but most businesses, and even a lot of building addresses, are missing in the SF Bay Area.

For example, this coffeeshop that's been open for years is unknown to OSM. And if you enter its address, you get completely wrong results (that vary based on specificity).

We're using Photon for this search, but are gonna try to see if Pelias can do any better.

Adam and I went to check out the goats on Mt Sutro. they're incredible, eating all the invasive ivy and blackberries

took a #bikehopper route from there to Scenic Routes, it worked great

#SanFrancisco #goats

Adam and I went to check out the goats on Mt Sutro. they're incredible, eating all the invasive ivy and blackberries

took a #bikehopper route from there to Scenic Routes, it worked great

#SanFrancisco #goats

My project right now is #BikeHopper, an open-source directions app for transit+bikes.

https://github.com/bikehopper/bikehopper-ui

It uses #OpenStreetMap and a modified version of GraphHopper.

Two main benefits over other trip planning apps:
1. Bike-on-bus, bike-on-train etc. options
2. Tries really hard to find low-stress routes, avoiding main roads