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> The MTA will also accelerate delivering real-time arrival data for all 469 subway stations, which will be available on the MTA’s SubwayTime app and will be st
by Max_Horstmann 11y ago
> The MTA will also accelerate delivering real-time arrival data for all 469 subway stations, which will be available on the MTA’s SubwayTime app and will be streamed as an open data feed for any developer to use.
Neat.
- lbotos 11y agoI'm not sure _how_ they are going to do this, when most of the lines don't have this technology (it's literally turn the the century switching technology): http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/why-dont-we-know-where-all-the-trains-are/415152/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/why-do...
- kalleboo 11y agoPerhaps they same way they do it on buses?
- superuser2 11y agoNo, you can't reliably receive GPS signals in a subway tunnel.
- nrb 11y agoIf you have wifi hotspots in every station you can track the trains that way, no GPS required.
- kalleboo 11y agoI thought buses mostly used thr odometer? At least the ones where I lived used to use the odometer for the "next station" LED signs in the buses, and the bus stop arrival signs showed up not long after.
- jonbaer 11y agoIf they can equip the mice down there with repeaters they could get a pretty good 99% coverage rate. (BTW it is possible ... http://blog.tanaza.com/blog/bid/296349/Dogs-and-cats-turned-into-mobile-WiFi-hotspot http://blog.tanaza.com/blog/bid/296349/Dogs-and-cats-turned-...)