untog, we hear you there. Though there are three things we should note to put this in better context. 1. The MTA's goal ultimately was to get apps to help thei

untog, we hear you there. Though there are three things we should note to put this in better context. 1. The MTA's goal ultimately was to get apps to help their riders as much as possible, regardless of where the apps came from. 2. We're recently YC funded and this began as a side project for us during college. 3. Had this competition occurred earlier in our life as a company, we still would have jumped at it, even knowing a more mature company could come in and take first. Having looked at the rankings and downloads of all the apps involved before and after the contest, we can say that this was more of a net win for this category of Apps than it was for Embark in particular.