Skyway Bridge Status

Summary

This project is aimed at helping Tampa Bay commuters plan for unexpected closures of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. This web application collects real-time weather and traffic data from reputable sources, and displays that data on a front-facing website (SkywayBridgeStatus.com).

The eventual goal of this project is to create a closure prediction model that is available to the public.

Project Roadmap

1. Data collection and compiling – ACTIVE, ONGOING SINCE JUNE 2017
2. Near real-time reporting on front facing website (SkywayBridgeStatus.com) – ACTIVE, ONGOING SINCE JUNE 2017
3. Automated status updates to commuters via various channels (email, text, social, etc.) – IN DEVELOPMENT
4. Closure prediction forecasting and reporting – QUEUED

Contributers

I certainly welcome other contributers to this project! If you'd like to discuss contributing please email me at ian@skywaybridgestatus.com, or submit a pull request for any documented issue.

Project Setup

1. Clone the repo to your environment
2. Deploy a MySQL instance and import the table schema found in the schema.sql file.
3. Copy /public/config_template.php and rename to /public/config.php for the front-end config.
4. Copy /app/data_scraper/php_scrapers/config_template.php and rename to /app/data_scraper/php_scrapers/config.php for the data scraper config.
5. Add in the required parameters to both config files (let me know if you have any questions)
6. Point your web server to use /public as the web root
7. Execute data scraper jobs via the command line to gather data and store to MySQL.

That's it, you're ready to roll!