Show HN: Status of my favorite bike share stations

 (blog.alexboden.ca)

13 points | by alexboden 22 hours ago

2 comments

  • jlongman 20 hours ago
    It’s probably worth posting [1] which shows many cities around the world.

    Also there’s an aging HomeAssistant add-on [2] that lets you visualize stations and stats. But since HA now insists the addon is separate from an API and there’s no separate API (really, it’s trivial) things like electric bike or trailer counts are not exposed.

    [1] https://citybik.es [2] https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/citybikes/

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  • arjie 22 hours ago
    Dude, this is fantastic. Thank you. This is my biggest annoyance because I don't have reception in the elevator and I always only remember to check the bikes when I'm there.

    For the SF Bay Area, the relevant endpoints are:

    https://gbfs.lyft.com/gbfs/2.3/bay/en/station_information.js...

    and

    https://gbfs.lyft.com/gbfs/2.3/bay/en/station_status.json

    With this I can build myself a little display that does the same. It does seem to match with the app, but in a tragic twist of fate it appears that the station closest to me has been delisted on the app. Oh fate! What the right hand giveth, the left hand takes!

    EDIT: Funny that these days no one puts their RSS feed link somewhere visible. Fortunately, most clients do find it on the page quite easily. I wonder how they do. It's not in the HTML source.

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    • rahimnathwani 20 hours ago
      Here's a list, but it won't work in the elevator: https://tools.encona.com/lyftbike
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      • arjie 19 hours ago
        Haha, thank you. The app works quite well to see. I just want it to be available before I remember to ask, which I think I can create with an always on display.