Spotlight:

Boston October

2015

Urban Mobility InsightsWe live in a world that moves – transit

systems, delivery vehicles, on-demand

system to map and analyze movement

Dataset:

analyzed by our system

Arrival delay:

between actual and scheduled arrival time

Average trip delay:

On-time: A bus or train that arrives no

more than 1 minute early or 5 minutes late

compared to the published schedule

On-time percentage: Number of stops

where bus is on-time for one run / total

number of stops in the run

explored San

Francisco

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66

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5/4/2015

5/7/2015

5/10/2015

5/13/2015

5/16/2015

5/19/2015

5/22/2015

5/25/2015

5/28/2015

5/31/2015

6/3/2015

6/6/2015

6/9/2015

6/12/2015

6/15/2015

6/18/2015

6/21/2015

6/24/2015

Representative weekday sample: Each group of bars shows one week of on-time percentage data and illustrates a clear downward trend – lower on-time

percentage on Fridays compared to Mondays.

Weekly performance drops faster than Red Sox’s end-of-year AL East standings

for its bus

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In the above map, the marked lines all show routes where there are longer delays on Fridays. The orange

lines have an average additional delay of 10 mins (compared to Monday), while the red lines show an

average additional delay of 15 minutes or more.

Fridays from 12 p.m.- 6 p.m show lower on-time percentage.

if there were routes or hotspots

where the Friday delay was more

One area popped up consistently

as compared to Mondays —

When we plotted the on-time

consistently delayed compared to

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BostonUniversity

NortheasternUniversity

HarvardUniversity

UmassBoston

== Before school starts

Aroundstart ofschool

On-time percentage for MBTA bus runs near the four universities comparing August 16-29, 2015 (two

weeks before classes begin) to August 30-September 12, 2015 (two weeks around beginning of classes).

University students cause delays when they go back to

school as they learn to commute

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Local bus delays near local farmers’ markets

BostonUniversity

NortheasternUniversity

HarvardUniversity

UmassBoston

AllBoston

83% 82%86%

75%

87%

Percentage change in on-time performance for the two weeks prior to and around beginning of classes for

routes near the four universities compared to all routes in Boston.

buses also declined from the end

September – this could be due

to more people on the road after

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SunMarket day

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==Near Roslindale All Boston

South End Open Market at SoWa runs on Sundays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Market days show lower on-time percentage compared to non-market

days (except in June)

Chart shows decrease in on-time percentage on market days compared

to non-market weekend days for Roslindale and compares it to the same

ratio for all Boston buses.

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==SunNon market day

SatMarket day

Roslindale Market runs on Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June through

November. Market days show lower on-time percentage compared to

non-market days

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==Near SoWa All Boston

Boston buses

Chart shows decrease in on-time percentage on market days compared to

non-market weekend days for South End Open Market and compares it to

the same ratio for all Boston buses.

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