Vanderbilt MoveVU Ridership Dashboard

Overview

The Vanderbilt MoveVU Ridership Dashboard is a web application designed to visualize Nashville's bus ridership data, providing insights into usage trends across various routes. With a modern and interactive UI, the dashboard enables users to explore ridership data filtered by time periods and rider demographics.

Key Features

• Interactive Data Filtering: Filter ridership data by custom date ranges and dynamically switch between different visualization tabs.
• Top Routes Visualization: View ridership trends for the top routes over time.
• Unique Users Analysis: Visualize monthly unique user counts for both historical and QuickTicket ridership.

How It Works

The dashboard is built using a combination of technologies:

• Next.js for the frontend and server-side rendering.
• TypeScript for type safety and enhanced development experience.
• Prisma ORM to handle database access and manipulate PostgreSQL data.
• Chart.js for creating interactive and visually appealing data visualizations.
• PostgreSQL for creating interactive and visually appealing data visualizations.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/SySyAli/vandy_movevu_dashboard_new.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd vanderbilt_movevu

3. Install dependencies:

   npm install

4. Configure environment variables: Create a .env file in the root directory with:

   POSTGRES_PRISMA_URL="your-postgres-connection-string"
   POSTGRES_URL_NON_POOLING="your-postgres-direct-connection-string"

5. Run database migrations:

   npx prisma migrate dev

6. Start the development server:

   npm run dev

The app will be running on http://localhost:3000.