Add support for ridesharing-ish apps

[barbeau]

We should take a look at this. For example, the Uber API is showing up in all kinds of apps, from Google Maps, to the Transit App, to MARTA's app. Here's the API to check out for Uber specifically: https://developer.uber.com/

It would be nice to support more than one vendor if possible.

[FortKnox42]

Using Google Maps (at least, on Android; maybe other platforms) to get walking directions now also includes Uber possibilities as you say, which shows the three key estimations: time until pickup, time en route, and fare. Those would be crucial to include in an OTP implementation, IMHO. Thanks!

[kalon33]

@barbeau It's been a while since that subject has risen, but there's currently an OTP branch to implement it server side, both Lyft and Uber are supported : https://github.com/opentripplanner/OpenTripPlanner/tree/tnc-routing

There's even one with car renting API support (in addition to previous TNC routing support): https://github.com/opentripplanner/OpenTripPlanner/tree/car-rental-routing

Hopefully this could be merged soon! I tried to merge it in my dev build, but without a doc to properly set it up, it's hard to know why it doesn't work.

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From: "Sean Barbeau" [email protected] To: "CUTR-at-USF/OpenTripPlanner-for-Android" [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 17 June, 2015 3:19:07 PM Subject: [OpenTripPlanner-for-Android] Add support for ridesharing-ish apps (#474)

We should take a look at this. For example, the Uber API is showing up in all kinds of apps, from Google Maps, to the Transit App, to MARTA's app. Here's the API to check out for Uber specifically: https://developer.uber.com/

It would be nice to support more than one vendor if possible.

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