crowdsourcing

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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New website uses crowdsourcing to solve transit problems

August 31, 2011

FixMyTransport is a new website that uses crowdsourcing to identify trouble spots on UK public transport services.

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Something to tweet about

August 26, 2011

It’s official: Merriam-Webster is adding Tweet and social media to its Collegiate Dictionary, along with tech terms crowdsourcing and m-commerce.

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Researchers develop a sweet application

July 29, 2011

CMU researchers have developed an application that uses crowdsourcing to predict arrival times for Port Authority of Allegheny County (PA) vehicles.

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MBTA seeks rider feedback on new locomotives

July 13, 2011

Over the next two weeks, visitors to the MBTA website can vote on their preferred design for the authority’s 20 new diesel-electric locomotives.

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New app rates urban walkability

June 21, 2011

A new web-based application from Walkonomics rates the walkability of city streets based on eight factors using crowdsourcing and public datasets.

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From subways to potholes: Using cell phone data to track services

June 7, 2011

Several organizations are using crowdsourced cell phone geolocation data to track public services from subway reliability to road conditions.

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Apple explains use of location tracking data

April 28, 2011

In a statement, Apple said that iPhones do not track user location but instead collect crowdsourced data to locate WiFi hotspots and cell towers.

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Don’t touch! GOOD’s followers offer advice to new transit riders

April 15, 2011

GOOD asked its online followers what advice they would give to new transit riders. (Hand sanitizer was a popular response.) What would you add?

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App to crowd-source subway delay info

March 30, 2011

New York City commuters can turn to a new app for information about service conditions when the MTA’s official updates are not enough.

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