Metro apologizes for power and communications failure
Washington Metro (DC) apologized to customers after its power system failed Thursday night, leaving riders with no service and no information. Original post
Posts By Susan Bregman
Wrapping up TRB in ten tweets
The Transportation Research Board’s 91st Annual Meeting is over, and like many of the conference’s record-breaking 11,000 attendees, I returned home brimming with enthusiasm and new ideas for The Transit Wire and my consulting work. It’s impossible to summarize the meeting with a handful of tweets, but here are ten that touch upon TRB’s combinationRead… Read more »
OC Transpo is poised to release data
Ottawa transit commissioners plan to recommend releasing OC Transpo’s bus-location data as soon as possible, despite the GM’s advice to the contrary Original post
MBTA installs countdown sign for airport route
The MBTA has taken some of the mystery out of ground transportation at Logan Airport with a new countdown sign for the Silver Line BRT at Terminal C. Original post
What transit agencies can learn from Twitter
Researchers at Purdue University (IN) used market research tools to test the mood of Chicago commuters by analyzing their Twitter posts. Original post
Can Twitter help design better transit service?
Can Twitter help create better transit routes? Enter Eric Fischer who plotted thousands of geotagged tweets onto maps of NYC, Chicago, and San Francisco. Original post
LaHood encourages transit community to develop apps
Secretary Ray LaHood writes about the role of mobile applications in empowering transit riders with the information they need to make travel decisions. Original post
Brooklyn man finds and resells discarded MetroCards
A NYC man has found a way to turn discarded MetroCards into cash. He collects the cards, bundles them into single $5 cards, and resells them for $4. Original post
New tool lets travelers choose hotel by transit travel time
Google had added a new feature to its experimental Hotel Finder tool that lets users search for a place to stay based on walking or transit travel time. Original post
Is new walking app racist?
Microsoft received a patent for a mobile mapping feature designed to help pedestrians avoid dangerous neighborhoods, bad weather, and difficult terrain. Original post