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Installing a swing at a bus stop. - Adrian Short

Next stop visual displays and audio announcements on the bus keep you informed every stop of the way so you know where and when to get off. It makes travel easier for everyone, especially: iBus keeps you informed every step of the way Visually or hearing impaired passengers Infrequent travellers Passengers facing language barriers People travelling in an unfamiliar area iBus also means you get a better idea of when your next bus is due at your stop as it makes Countdown predictions more accurate. Countdown is the 'next bus' information at bus stops. - Adrian Short

The GTFS transit feed specification defines a common format for public transportation schedules and associated geographic information. This document explains the types of files that comprise a GTFS transit feed and defines the fields used in all of those files. - Adrian Short

Barcode Posters just makes it easy to print the contents of an RSS feed. Despite living in an increasingly wired world, paper is still massively important. We’re surrounded by it and by and large it works. A paper poster or flyer gives your information a tangible, physical presence in the world where it can be noticed and read without using any technology at all. - Adrian Short

When a passenger visits one of Kolumbus’ more than 4,000 bus stops they will find a QR code which when scanned with a tales of things’ app on a Smartphone will not only link them to timetable information, but also allow them to leave a message on the bus stop. Each stop contains a unique code, so the timetable information and tales are site specific. - Adrian Short

This is my Sony Ericsson MBW-150 bluetooth watch, showing the next few SF Muni bus arrival times for a nearby stop. The code to fetch the arrival times is running on my Droid phone, and communicating with the watch using Marcel Dopita’s OpenWatch software for the Android platform. - Adrian Short

The first is detecting the buses that pass by my front door so I know generally how long I’ll have to wait for the next one. A selfish act, yes, but one that has a useful public shadow when broadcast: magnified and multiplied when others record, share and analyse similar data too (of course, TfL could just offer up iBus feeds, but I’ll believe that when I scrape it). - Adrian Short

TfL say that advancements in technology will allow bus arrival information to be displayed “more locally and not just at bus stops” including at GP surgeries and public buildings. - Adrian Short

By @spatialanalysis and @oobr - Adrian Short

Tales of Things puts QR codes on 1200 Norwegian bus stops. - Adrian Short

Based on Boris Bikes API - Adrian Short

"We've put BART in front of customers in so many places that we wouldn't be able to do on our own," said BART Website Manager Timothy Moore. "We basically can't envision every beneficial use for this public data and frankly transit agencies in general don't have the vision. We don't have the time, we don't have the resources." "There are people out there that have better ideas than we do," he added. "That's really why we opened it up." - Adrian Short

Local sharing service for any kind of goods within 1000 yard radius - Adrian Short

Crowdsourced open book catalogue - Adrian Short

Simple REST/XML read-only API - Adrian Short

Councils using Twitter to communicate with residents about snow, gritting, etc. - Adrian Short

Should residents be obliged to grit their own pavements? - Adrian Short

Councils using Twitter to communicate with residents about snow, gritting, etc. - Adrian Short

Should residents be obliged to grit their own pavements? - Adrian Short

Gordon gets his P45. - Adrian Short

Comprehensive overview of the Internet of Things. - Adrian Short

Comprehensive overview of the Internet of Things. - Adrian Short

By Cllr David Theobald, independent, St Helier ward - Adrian Short

By Cllr David Theobald, independent, St Helier ward - Adrian Short

Design, citizenship and the city - Adrian Short

Conservative councillor for Carshalton South and Clockhouse, LB Sutton - Adrian Short

By Jayne McCoy, LibDem councillor for Wallington South - Adrian Short

Joint deputy leader, Sutton Council - Adrian Short

From Paul Scully, Conservative leader of the opposition on Sutton Council - Adrian Short

Includes Rails from £3.99/mo or £29/yr. - Adrian Short