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#NYCapable NYCapable is a project designed to help commuters find the closest wheelchair-accessible MTA stations. We hope that it will help an underserved population of the city quickly navigate the MTA system. This app provides directions to the 5 closest accessible subway stations from any given location to the exact location of ADA-compliant entrances and elevators. Future features include directions to and from any location and full, real-time status updates.

You can find the current version on Heroku here. We believe that this project is just the beginning, and we'd love for you to contribute to a project that opens up the transit system to everyone.

###The NYCapable Team

• Julia Castro
• Ben Cohen
• Taylor Hang
• Denny Tek

###Contributions You can find an ongoing list of features for future implementation on the NYCapable Trello Board. If you would like to contribute to the project, feel free to choose a feature and let us know when you're ready to make a pull request. You can also join the NYCapable Slack Channel if you'd like to give us some feedback or discuss your contribution.

$ git clone [git-repo-url]
$ cd /NYCapable
$ bundle
$ rake db:create
$ rake db:migrate
$ rake db:seed
$ rails s

###How to contribute to the project You can create an issue to make us aware of any bugs or problems or you can work on a feature by:

• Forking the respository
• Implementing your feature
• Making a pull request and tagging us so we can review it.

###API Reference

• We used the MTA Developer Resources to get static and real-time information on routes and service status. We developed our own database to pinpoint the precise location of ADA-compliant entrances and elevators.

• We used the Google Maps Places API and the Google Maps Javascript API for geolocation, directions, and map creation.

###License This is an open-source project freely distributed under the MIT License.