dankolesnikov / vta-schedule

Chat Bot for public transit in San Jose / Mtn View

VTA ChatBot

Chat bot to assist VTA commuters

Conversational UI

Conversation I (bus schedule):

• User: Hello!
• Bot: What bus or light rail schedule you'd like to know about?
• User: Dash bus from Diridon station
• Bot: Departures at 2:25 PM and 2:50 PM. Anything else I can help?

Conversation II (light rail schedule):

• User: Hello!
• Bot: What bus or light rail schedule you'd like to know about?
• User: Light rail from Fruitdale station
• Bot: What direction are you going?
• User: Winchester
• Bot: Departures at 2:40 PM and 2:50 PM. Anything else I can help?

Conversation III (hourly schedule)

Bus:

• User: Hello!
• Bot: What bus or light rail schedule you'd like to know about?
• User: Get schedule for Dash bus from Diridon station
• Bot: Departures for this hour are: 6:06 PM 6:22 PM 6:48 PM 6:22 PM 6:48 PM Anything else I can help?

Light rail:

• User: Hello!
• Bot: What bus or light rail schedule you'd like to know about?
• User: Get schedule for light rail from Diridon station towards winchester
• Bot: Departures for this hour are: 6:06 PM 6:22 PM 6:48 PM 6:22 PM 6:48 PM Anything else I can help?

G Assistant Intents

Things you can ask in Google Assistant:

• Talk to VTA Schedule to get schedule for Dash bus from Diridon station
• Talk to VTA Schedule to get schedule for light rail from Diridon station towards winchester
• Talk to VTA Schedule to get next departures on light rail from Diridon station
• Talk to VTA Schedule to get next departures on Dash bus from Diridon station

Supported VTA Routes

• Dash 201
• Light Rail 902 Mtn View <-> Winchester

To be added soon:

• Santa Teresa light rail
• Bus 181

Directory

.
├── app.py                  # Contains logic, rules and CL UI
├── assistant.py            # Flask server for Google Assistant
├── data.py                 # Contains data for NLP
├── schedule.py             # Contains schedule for buses and light rail
├── state.py                # Helper class to maintain the state of the conversation
├── requirements.txt        # List of modules for Google App Engine
├── actions.json            # Google Actions file
└── pics                    # Pictures

Usage

Google Assistant:

Search G Assistant's app for 'VTA Schedule'

To run chat bot with Command Line UI:

python app.py

To run assistant locally on 8080 port:

python assistant.py

Meta

Please feel free to reach out:)

Danil Kolesnikov – [email protected]

Distributed under the MIT license.