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

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├── 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