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Here is a picture of the subway platform at Bedford Ave in Brooklyn, available for non-commercial use under the Creative Commons license: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chartno3/5784272992/

This is a research paper published by The Transparency Policy Project which examines the ways that various metropolitan transit agencies have shared their operations data with the public and how developers have utilized this data. http://www.transparencypolicy.net/assets/FINAL_UTC_TransitTransparency_8%2028%202012.pdf

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/business/media/06transit.html?_r=0 Alex Morgan Bell proposed an application that would run in the background of many smartphones and track when the phone lost service and when it reconnected to a cell network. By using the input of many phones and processing … Continue reading →

The MTA is currently “designing a developers’ web feed of subway arrival estimates (‘countdown clock data’) for the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 subway lines.” It sends out revised departure/arrival time estimates 30 min. before each scheduled departure … Continue reading →

This subway simulation by Railbandit, mentioned in the NY Times article about the MTA app contest, is very close to what I envisioned for the how the app would look. However, it is still only a simulation, a time-lapse depiction … Continue reading →

By A. Adams Maps of Subway Platforms, Now on Your Mobile Phone This app provides customer a map of all the shortest routes from the train cars to the exits of the train station and nearby streets for the price … Continue reading →

Tokyo subway iPhone apps: http://www.presselite.com/iphone/tokyosubwayforipad/ MTA Android app SchedNYC: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.knickerbockerapps.schednyc&hl=en MTA App center: http://www.mta.info/apps/ MTA working on implementing real-time data feed for subway: groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mtadeveloperresources/0KiNuapVLhk

Listed below are two newspaper articles about subway applications that are similar to our project. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/maps-of-subway-platforms-now-on-your-mobile-phone/ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20080909a3.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/nyregion/in-mta-app-contest-many-buttons-worth-pushing.html http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/new-app-lets-subway-riders-access-artwork

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