Transportation
Capturing Boston's Subway System in Stunning Detail
What a month's worth of train data can reveal about delays and commute times.
Two students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have raised the bar high for train data visualizations.
Courtesy of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority and its Developer Relations program, Michael Barry and Brian Card got their hands on information like train schedules, real-time train locations in the Boston metro area (only available for the Red, Blue, and Orange lines), and per-minute entry and exit counts at each station based on turnstile measurements.