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Is it reasonable to believe Pigeon could only add value if the time delay between a new delay-causing issue and some verifiable / consensus info getting posted
by mlthoughts2018 8y ago
Is it reasonable to believe Pigeon could only add value if the time delay between a new delay-causing issue and some verifiable / consensus info getting posted by users is faster than similar updates by an official source like MTA?
(I am assuming that other information from Pigeon users would matter far less than info material to delays or service disruption. Knowing if there’s an annoying street performer on a platform, the example in the article, might have secondary value, but seems far less important. I could be wrong though.)
- Eridrus 8y agoThere may be issues that go unannounced. Not sure if this was a regular thing, but I got a train from Grand Central a while back and the trains & platform were so packed I could only get on the 3rd or 4th train that came. I'm also not sure if all lines have real time info yet, my line only got it within the last 12 months, and when I played with their external API, the data was of dubious quality. I'm not sure how much lasting value this app really has, but that's probably why it is an incubator project, rather than part of Maps.
- bonyt 8y agoI think the type of information you can get from other Pigeon users about delays would at least be more granular than what the MTA provides. The notices from the MTA are often late, sometimes wrong, and cover large areas. It might be useful to know where the bulk of the delay is on a line (at some interchange? in an area with close-together stations? river tunnels?).