After party!

After Hackathon prizes are awarded, join us for the Code for Oakland after party. It will start around 7-7:30 at:

Dogwood
1644 Telegraph, Oakland

Interesting data tidbit from AC Transit

I’m sitting in for a bit with the transit hack team at the Code for Oakland Hackathon. Chris Peeples, director at large from the AC Transit Board of Directors, is offering some deep insight into the history of transit data in & around Oakland.

He said: “All lettered buses go across the Bay. But all lettered buses also are assigned a number in our system, because our old computer system couldn’t handle letters. So the numbers are still in there.”

Seriously.

Chris Peeples from the AC Transit Board at Code for Oakland, June 4, 2011

Hackthon teams formed! What we’re working on

These project ideas came up in the welcome session for Code for Oakland today, and teams will be working on developing them today. Team leader name is listed after each idea.

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