LocoBot

Millions of commuters rely on unreliable schedules and inconsistent transit information, causing missed rides, long waits, and daily uncertainty.

Build a solution that uses real-time signals to provide accurate arrival predictions and actionable commute decisions

Process Key points in mind while building the solution:

1. An Easy-to-use solution
2. Actionable results
3. Actually solve a real-life scenario

User Pain Points:

1. Uncertainty to reach the destination on time
2. High buffer time to avoid getting late

Goal: Provide a sense of certainty to be on time during any kind of journey for a traveller

Solution type: A bot in Telegram(can be extended to whatsapp), as getting users attention for reminders would be much easier than building a whole new app

Solution:
Bot tracks the real-time ETA continuously, and sends a reminder on the optimized time to ensure they arrive on time based on the validated travel details provided by the user

Results Result:

1. On-time reminder allowing the user to reach the destination on time
2. Parameters like traffic, vehicle, duration etc are taken care of

By-product: The bot can also work in a telegram(whatsapp) group, allowing for optimization of multi-user journeys.

Upgrades needed:

1. Real-time tracking of the updates of the public transport like bus/metro. Tried getting it via delhi transport website, but have not received any response yet.

2. As of now time consumed by user to initiate the journey is fixed, to optimize this we can use an ML algo to predict this time once we get enough data.

Reflection Taking into account the possible parameters that a user can encounter in a real user journey Tested with real users to get feedback and optimize the bot further. The process is simple and straightforward. (Except we need to provide the complete map link, not shortened URL, as i used a free public API instead of Google Maps API) Give a call reminder in case of using via whatsapp(not in telegram)