Closures that need bus diversions, every hour
Closures each hour with a diversion note and a passenger message.
What it does
Every hour: road closures and roadworks in your city, each with a diversion note by xMap AI for the control room and a short passenger message, posted to Slack.
In one sentence: Every hour at :00, in Dublin, find road closures and roadworks, write a summary of each with xMap AI, then send message to a channel in Slack and email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Every closure needs a diversion and a message. The control room gets both for each one.
Who it is for
Public transport & transit. Transit agencies, bus and rail operators and mobility planners placing stops, running services around disruptions and reaching riders. Every use case for public transport
Best use cases
- A bus control room
- A transit agency’s passenger information
- A coach operator
What each run gives you
- A Slack post
The time it saves
Every hour at :00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 15 minutes each time; it runs about 720 times a month, so it saves about 40 hours a month (an estimate). It is easy: 6 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- Every hourTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- My cityWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- Closures nowxMap data · Traffic incidentsRoad closures, roadworks and other incidents on online maps right now, with where they are.
- Write the diversion note with xMap AIxMap AI · xMap LLMTell the AI what to do in plain words.
- Post them to #control-roomApp · SlackChannel-based messaging platform
- Email me the resultsAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- Enrich a list once: A CSV of addresses or companies back with phone, website, rating and an AI score.
- Traffic incidents and road closures: Closures and roadworks in an area or near each of your places.
- Score, rank and label with xMap LLM: A score and a reason for every result, in your words.
- Location intelligence: Using where things are, and what is around them, to make business decisions.
- Reverse geocoding: Turning coordinates into a street, district or address.
- Site selection: Choosing where to open a store, branch, clinic or facility.
More for Public transport & transit
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- Where new cycle lanes would be used most: Blocks ranked for new cycle lanes by young adults and cycling signs.
- Blocks with many people and few bus stops: Blocks with many people and few bus stops, for the network plan.
- Schools with many children and few bus stops: Schools with many children and few stops, for school bus routes.
- Park and ride sites at the edge of the city: Stations scored as park and ride sites.
- Malls far from stations, for shuttle partnerships: Malls far from stations, offered a shared shuttle.