data

HopStop charts urban travel trends

December 9, 2011

HopStop has released an infographic showing travel patterns in 65 metropolitan areas based on data from more than 400 million route requests.

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App turns riding London Underground into a game

December 9, 2011

Each time a London Tube rider swipes an Oyster card, an app called Chromaroma adds that information to a map of travelers throughout the city.

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MTA developers still lack real-time info

December 6, 2011

Writing about the MTA’s (NY) application contest, Transportation Nation observes that several key datasets have not yet been released to developers.

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Open data updates

November 27, 2011

Here are a few quick updates about some recent open-data doings, including bus tracking in New York, TransportationCamp in DC, and a new website in Oregon.

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New report on mobile devices and real-time transit info

November 15, 2011

The Transportation Research Board released a new TCRP synthesis study on the use of mobile devices for providing real-time transit information.

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Australian police use myki data to track criminals

November 8, 2011

Police have requested information on 33 commuters from the Victoria Transport Ticketing Authority since January 2010 according to the Herald Sun.

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ITS World Congress: Thursday’s thoughts

October 20, 2011

On the last day of the ITS World Congress I attended a fascinating session how open data can make pubic transport more accessible.

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TriMet launches multimodal trip planner

October 17, 2011

After a soft launch earlier this month, TriMet (OR) officially unveiled its open-source multimodal trip planner on Friday.

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Developer updates Seattle bus tracker from overseas

October 11, 2011

When Seattle-area bus tracker OneBusAway needed updating, developer Brian Ferris made the changes even though he now works in Zurich for Google Transit.

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Google bus to travel across Egypt in search of new tech ideas

September 30, 2011

A Google-branded bus will travel across Egypt seeking the next generation of technology entrepreneurs.

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