Our Progress

Post date: Oct 31, 2017 3:33:23 PM

This past week we have worked on an Isochrone Generator and a cost analysis of a possible subway system. We picked about 175 points in the historic city of venice. We then wrote code in python that checked how long it took to get from an inputted origin to each of the 175 points using the Google Transit API. The code returns the destinations that can be reached within the inputted time. These destinations are then plotted on an interactive map. The transit API is a combination of walking and the water bus system, the ideal method of traveling in Venice.

In order to estimate the cost of a possible subway system, which was originally proposed in 2005, we found the cost of an extension to Berlin’s subway system, which opened in 2009, and adjusted this cost based on inflation, the costs of construction in Italy and Germany, and the sizes of the subway line in Berlin and the one proposed for Venice. We also calculated a preliminary maintenance cost for this subway system, based on the maintenance costs of subway systems in other cities and the expected size and service patterns of the proposed subway system. We still need to revise this yearly maintenance cost based on the labor costs in Venice and in the cities that we used as references.

We also had two very productive meetings with our liaison Paolo Coposanto and one of our sponsors, Alberto Sonino with Vento di Venezia. Paolo was able to provide us with a lot of very useful information about the progression of changes and proposals for the transportation system of Venice over time. During our meeting with Alberto we discussed possible innovation to the parking innovation in Venice. This will act as a foundation to our project with regards to temporary parking for private boat owners.

10 Minute Transit Isochrone

Subway Proposal Source

Sylvers, E. (2005, Feb. 23). Venice Underground. Retrieved September 17, 2017, from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/23/business/venice-underground.html.