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Written By kbsyed61 - 6 August, 2009
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Prajagale,
One more request, one more PRAJA initiative.
http://praja.in/blog/silkboard/2009/07/27/want-help-make-ksrtc-website-better
As SB said in the above discussion, KSRTC has approached PRAJA community soliciting its help in gathering suggestions and comments to enhance its WEBSITE . Initiative to gather user requirements.
KSRTC is looking for help with 2 kinds of inputs:
- User Experience and user requirements
- Suggestions for technologies and tools to support the above.
So, Keeping the Praja traditions for an open and honest discussions, the floor is now open for your esteem suggestions, feedback, review comments and solutions. Let the discussion be flooded with high in spirits and abundance in helpful suggestions and comments. Let this discussion open the doors for many more Praja initiatives and engagements.
Helpful would be that we take a look at current KSRTC website and see what features and functionality that it should offer.
Let us evaluate and offer suggestions from the user perspective. Let us don the role of an ordinary citizen and try to look for help & info on the website for our upcoming travel.
Here are some examples of travel website worth looking at it.
- http://www.wmata.com/
- http://www.greyhound.com/home/
- http://www.aa.com
- http://www.vta.org/
- http://www.mbta.com/
COMMENTS
idontspam - 14 August, 2009 - 04:50
Good work, Way.. way.. more organized than it exists. Logical groupings are good links not all over the place. Section required for preview and link to corporate stuff and info like jobs, tenders etc.
I agree with you as far as loading is concerned I think we can convert most of the page renderings into CSS files and images are only minimal like the logo etc. It should work. I am more concerned about loading AJAX features. May be we can have a non JavaScript version that can handle that. but I presume we are talking implementation before we have our requirements nailed down :) but its exciting to talk about these things - keep it coming hope to talk to you guys soon
George E Matthew - 6 August, 2009 - 21:29
This may be slighlty off topic, but relevant.
Google public transit is really conveneint for understanding bus routes for foriegners/outsiders and will really give a boost to public transit use. It takes the ignorance out of the equation.
Mr Syed has pointed to the VTA website. VTA serves 'Silicon Valley", and as a user of this service, I know that it is a small, hard to use means of transport. Buses are infrequent, have long wait times, and not much service to many locations. I have frequently spent 3 hours on a 1 way jouney has takes 30 mins by car.
However, it is very easy to find the most optimal bus route simply because they share routing information with Google. BMTC sharing such information will greatly increase the richer sections (car users) travelling by public transport. I hope the same can be done for KSRTC as well.
Please do not get cynical and say BMTC/KSRTC cannot do anything like this.Having been dependent on public transport in both nations, I feel that if one knows one's way around BMTC/KSRTC are far superior to anything in USA. The buses are far more frequent, cleaner(at least Volvos) and do not waste the travellers' time. so implementing Google maps is not impossible.
kbsyed61 - 6 August, 2009 - 21:42
Mr. George,
This discussion is only about KSRTC website. So pls restrict your comments to its presentation, functionality and ease of use. For operational issues discussion pls create a separate post.
FYI, currently I am also in based US. In fact I have lived in Bay Area and know how good their PT system is. US is not a good example for PT systems. The website reference 'www.vta.org' was only to look at its website presentation. Your suggestion for Google Transit is an important one and it is well taken. Pls keep posting your suggestions for enhancing the KSRTC website.
Syed
idontspam - 9 August, 2009 - 05:50
@syed, the website should also allow for dissemination of information. Wont make money only as an objective start getting other things thrown out of the website?
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