Published January 31, 2017 This content is archived.
An article on Futurity reports on UB research that suggests that data from Twitter and possibly other social media platforms can be used to improve event planning, route scheduling, crowd regulations and other subway operations, and quotes Qing He, Stephen Still Assistant Professor in Transportation Engineering and Logistics.
"Social media offers a cost-effective way to obtain real-time data on monitoring subway passenger flow," he said. "Our results show that data from apps like Twitter can help public transportation officials prepare for and react to passenger surges during concerts, baseball games and other big events.”
Co authors are Ming Ni of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Jing Gao, of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Read the IEEE Journal entry here.
Read the Business Standard story here.
Read the Gadgets Now story here.
