This is the latest installment in Christopher Groskopf's attempt to open up the data of the town in Texas to which he's moving. Read about the genesis of the project here.
I'm somewhat reticent to admit that the pace of Hack Tyler development has slowed and will likely remain that way for a month or two. I spent the last week packing and cleaning. My wife and son have moved and transported the majority of my belongings with them. My things are now waiting for me in a storage unit in Tyler. As a consequence, I have only my netbook to hack on and no desk space to do even that.
I'm relatively used to limited accommodations, so I'm not particularly uncomfortable. However, it does take the edge off my capacity and encourages me to reach for other activities I haven't found enough time for over the last year. I've also contracted some additional work to keep myself busy in the interim. In order not to completely lose momentum on this project, I've shifted my focus to research and communication tasks.
I've been in touch with Tyler Transit regarding Tyler on Time and learned a great deal of interesting things about their systems. Most notably, the current transit system is in the process of being completely overhauled and the existing bus routes will cease to exist sometime in August. The Transportation Operations Coordinator for the department has offered to provide me with updated shapefiles and timetable data in advance of the switchover, which will allow me to preemptively refactor Tyler On Time for the new routes. This opens up the possibility of Tyler on Time "launching" with the new routes, which seems eminently useful.