crowdsourcing

Wrapping up TRB in ten tweets

January 27, 2012

It’s impossible to summarize TRB in a few tweets, but here are ten that touch upon the meeting’s combination of research, collaboration, and magic.

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TransportationCamp comes to DC…and The Transit Wire was there

January 22, 2012

Saturday was my first time at TransportationCamp, the unconference that explores the intersection of urban transportation and technology.

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Winner announced for “I heart my transit card” video contest

January 16, 2012

A Miami Beach surfer won the I Heart My Transit Card video contest, which was open to smart card users in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, and Minneapolis.

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Grad student creates online station-area design contest

January 10, 2012

A grad student created an online challenge to seek design ideas for the area around one of the stations on the planned extension of the MBTA’s Green Line.

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Taking a look at MTA App Quest

January 9, 2012

As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (NY) MTA App Quest public voting period comes to an end, a reporter tried out some of the 42 submissions.

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CMU expands bus-tracking app

December 13, 2011

CMU researchers have released an Android version of Tiramisu, the application that uses crowd-sourcing to track the location of Port Authority buses.

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Wichita launches website for input on transit

November 17, 2011

Wichita Transit (KS) launched an interactive website to gather feedback about bus services after ridership dropped following a 50-cent fare increase.

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A trio of New York City Transit apps

November 14, 2011

NY1 took a look at three free smartphone applications that let New York City Transit riders plan their next trip: NextStop, HopStop, and Roadify.

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ITS America announces 2011 awards

October 19, 2011

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America recognized innovators in the transportation technology community with its Best of ITS Awards on Monday.

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Muni app emerges from hackathon

October 6, 2011

While San Francisco has a five-plan vision for embracing technologies like crowdsourcing, a team of developers designed the SMART Muni app in a weekend.

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