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From page 53... ... 54 The MBTA independently opened its schedule data and some real-time information, but initially did not share the real-time information. They wanted to put the real-time information in a data feed on a trial basis before opening it to the public. Read the entire page →
From page 54... ... 55 Countdown signs have significantly altered how passengers view their wait for public transit in Boston. Passengers reduce estimates of wait time on average by 0.85 minutes. Read the entire page →
From page 55... ... 56 FIGURE 37 Visualization of MBTA Orange Line ridership for August 12, 2009 (http://vanderlin.cc/projects/mbta_visualizations: accessed on April 3, 2014) Read the entire page →
From page 56... ... 57 FIGURE 38 Visualization of MBTA Silver Line ridership for August 12, 2009 (http://vanderlin.cc/projects/mbta_visualizations: accessed on April 3, 2014) Read the entire page →
From page 57... ... 58 FIGURE 40 MBTA Orange Line over 24 hours (http://vanderlin. cc/projects/mbta_visualizations) Read the entire page →
From page 58... ... 59 FIGURE 42 MBTA ticket swipe visualization at 7:50 a.m. FIGURE 43 Visualization for MBTA Orange Line over 24 hours ("A Day of MBTA" http://adayofmbta.com/) Read the entire page →
From page 59... ... 60 • For open data, TfL will deliver "Data openly syndicated to third parties, where commercially, technically and legally feasible, while TfL engages developers where necessary to meet our business objectives." Examples of developers' products include the following: • London's Nearest Bus -- allows users to find the nearest buses and live departure times from their location. Users can also set individual bus alerts to trigger when a bus is due; • Station Master -- offers detailed accessibility information for every London Underground station; • Tube Tracker -- a multiservice app that finds the nearest station to the user with directions. Read the entire page →
From page 60... ... 61 4. Economic benefit -- open data saves customer time (up to £58 million per annum, according to a recent study) Read the entire page →
From page 61... ... 62 information. BART knew that it would be virtually impossible to manage schedules for all agencies, so this request was a compelling value proposition. Read the entire page →
From page 62... ... 63 FIGURE 46 Live London bus map. Read the entire page →
From page 63... ... 64 FIGURE 47 Snapshot of video visualization of London buses. FIGURE 48 Visualization using Oyster Card Data over a 24-hour period. Read the entire page →
From page 64... ... 65 As of December 2013, BART had 115 apps and open data services, 2,700 developers, and 40 million monthly API calls. Moore reported that the value of open data to developers is as follows (28, p. Read the entire page →
From page 65... ... 66 FIGURE 50 Visualization of ridership by BART station. FIGURE 51 BART ridership visualization (http://enjalot.github.io/bart/#chapter-05) Read the entire page →
From page 66... ... 67 FIGURE 52 BART ridership to/from Balboa Park Station (http://vudlab.com/bart/) Read the entire page →
From page 67... ... 68 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to build apps for Android and iOS platforms because CTA has the same technology vendor. Read the entire page →
From page 68... ... 69 • Excel timetable format for each route • Microsoft Access table • Images and maps • Schedules in portable document format (pdf) Read the entire page →

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... 54 The MBTA independently opened its schedule data and some real-time information, but initially did not share the real-time information. They wanted to put the real-time information in a data feed on a trial basis before opening it to the public.