MASSDOT DEVELOPERS

Chris Dempsey and Joshua Robin

Massachusetts Department of Transportation
 WHY IS IT SO EASY TO FIND
REAL-TIME WEATHER REPORTS?

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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
INFORMATION IS OPEN

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AS A RESULT, CONSUMERS
HAVE LOTS OF CHOICES
 WHY IS IT SO HARD TO FIND OUT
WHEN THE NEXT BUS WILL ARRIVE?
Where’s
the
#%*(#&$
bus?

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 MBTA INFORMATION WAS “CLOSED”

=
ONE CHOICE

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 SO, IN SEPTEMBER 2009 WE DECIDED
TO MAKE MBTA BASIC TRIP PLANNING
INFORMATION OPEN

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 BY NOVEMBER, THERE WERE SIX
INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS BUILT
WITH MBTA DATA

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 GREAT, BUT WHEN IS THE NEXT BUS
ACTUALLY GOING TO SHOW UP?

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 TRADITIONAL MODEL

First, (1) Countdown Signs

Then, (2) Web and Phone Distribution

Then, Maybe, (3) Share with Others

WHAT IF WE REVERSED
THE ORDER?
COULD WE MAKE MBTA BUS LOCATION
INFORMATION AS EASY TO FIND AS A
WEATHER REPORT?
 ON NOVEMBER 14th, AS PART OF A
TRIAL PROGRAM, THE MBTA
RELEASED A REAL-TIME DATA
FEED FOR FIVE BUS LINES

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 1 HOUR 2 DAYS 1 WEEK

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 2 WEEKS 4 WEEKS 5 WEEKS

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 7 WEEKS 8 WEEKS 8 WEEKS

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 $130
Sony
Bluetooth
Wristwatch
Real-Time
Bus Arrival

*YES, THIS REALLY EXISTS IN SAN FRANCISCO

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 WE BUILD A SIMPLE, RELIABLE
INTERFACE BETWEEN THE EXISTING
BUS GPS SYSTEM AND 3rd PARTIES

GPS

COMPLEX, DIVERSE,
CUSTOMER-FACING
APPLICATIONS ARE
BUILT AT NO COST TO
THE MBTA
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http://www.mass.gov/eot/developers
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christopher.dempsey@state.ma.us
joshua.robin@state.ma.us

Twitter: @massdotdev

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