Transport Flows

http://flows.transport.opendata.ch/

The idea is to map public transportation flows in Switzerland. The focus is on visualizing the network of SBB CFF (trains, S-Bahn). This visualization was later animated and published by the NZZ: Die Eisenbahn, die nie ganz schläft.

1. Learning: Facts about the train network are revealed that are not obvious and surprise the consumer
2. Aesthetics: the result is visualized in a creative and innovative way and shows the dynamic of the train network
3. The visualization allows user interactions to have a deeper look into some details

• Benjamin Wiederkehr
• Joel Bez
• Sylke Gruhnwald
• Dagmar Muth
• Patrick Stählin
• Patrick Zahnd
• Ilya Boyandin
• Thomas Preusse

• www.swisstrains.ch
• www.villevivante.ch
• http://zugmonitor.sueddeutsche.de/#/30.03.2012-17:17/
• http://www.newsorator.com/what-is-a-credit-card/

swisstrains. The data consists of train-schedules and a mapping from single trains to tracks on a map. As the track-data has been traced from Google Imagery we don't consider this data Opendata. Getting the tracks from OpenStreetmap would be a nice project for another Hackday.

Demo: http://flows.transport.opendata.ch/

Source: https://github.com/interactivethings/swiss-transport-flows/

Resource: http://www.fixithere.net/dvla-contact-number/

Time

• Departure
• Arrival
• Speed: average speed and speed changes on a train’s track

Track

• A train’s track on the map
• Stops per track

Train capacity

• Degree of capacity utilized (is the train crowded or not?)
• Length of trains ⇒ number of passengers

Stations

• Degree of tracks occupied (per hour, per day)
• Stations as intersections (how important is a station for the network?)

Train types

• Different types: IC, S-Bahn, Interregio etc.
• Name of a specific train (IC123)

Delays

• Per train
• Per track
• Waiting times of trains in a station