The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced a challenge for physical installations that display real-time public transportation data, with a $500 prize for the best installation. A physical installation is a sign, sticker, or display that shows real-time transit arrival information in locations like storefronts, buildings, or existing video screens to make real-time transit data easily visible to users. Examples from other cities include a developer-built real-time bus tracker in Boston, real-time bus arrival signs in a Chicago bakery and on a college campus, and real-time train arrival information at baggage claim in Portland International Airport.

1. PHYSICAL INSTALLATION CHALLENGE
Massachusetts Department of Transportation

2. 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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3. IN FEBRUARY 2010, MASSDOT
ANNOUNCED THE REAL-TIME
CHALLENGE FOR PHYSICAL
INSTALLATIONS.
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4. WITH A $500 PRIZE FOR THE BEST
INSTALLATION
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5. WHAT IS A PHYSICAL INSTALLATION?
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6. WHAT IS A PHYSICAL INSTALLATION?
Next Bus In:
3 Minutes
SIGNS IN STOREFRONTS
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7. WHAT IS A PHYSICAL INSTALLATION?
Next Bus In:
3 Minutes
SIGNS INSIDE BUILDINGS
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8. WHAT IS A PHYSICAL INSTALLATION?
Real-Time
Bus Arrival
BUS COUNTDOWN INFORMATION ON
EXISTING VIDEO SCREENS
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9. WHAT IS A PHYSICAL INSTALLATION?
STICKER HERE SAYING:
CALL 617.xxx.xxxx
FOR NEXT BUS ARRIVAL
STICKERS OR SIGNS THAT MAKE IT EASY
TO FIND REAL-TIME BUS INFO
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10. HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE CREATED
IN OTHER PLACES:
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11. BOSTON
*built by a local developer
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12. CHICAGO
Community
Advertisement
in a Chicago
Bakery
Real-Time
Bus Arrival
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13. CHICAGO
Existing
Campus
Info
Real-Time
Bus Arrival
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14. CHICAGO
Info on how
to find
Real-Time
Bus Info
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15. PORTLAND, OR
Baggage
Claim
Info at
Portland
Airport
Real-Time
Train Arrival
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16. http://www.mass.gov/eot/developers