Transit data

  • arrival times of subways
  • number of riders at different times
  • how often trains/buses are running; time between
  • where the bus is
  • performance of transit - cancelations, delays
  • bus speed
  • location of boarding / exit
  • missing the people who don’t have (convenient) service already
  • how demand changes daily / annually / seasonally

Transit

  • subway efficiency
  • calculated demand based on number of people on the train at various times
  • Ethical issues

  • by overlooking certain people in collecting data we may be underserving those who need it
  • mostly we schedule around business hours - who tends not to work those hours?