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(Hosting-NewsWire.com, December 23, 2012 ) Atlanta, GA -- Whether you are stuck waiting in traffic or are late for a bus or train, you can still stay connected to travelers through social-networking applications. A new study shows that New Cities Foundation (NFC) discovered a list of crowdsourced factors that affect commuters helps travelers feel less “transport-related stress” than those who were unable to connect. The study also found that many felt a do-gooder effect by helping someone with information, rather than interacting with the application only to take information from others.
The NFC conducted the study in San Jose, California, and hoped to help various cities comprehend the “real -time social network” benefit that can improve the lives of commuting. The participants in the study included the San Jose Transportation Department, Ericsson Mobil, along with the University of California, Berkeley, and in collaboration with the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).
Crowdsourcing supplied the data for the study, and commuter-targeted smartphone apps were the bait to gather the infor. The applications included Waze, which was used as in-car navigating, as well as Roadify, which supplied public transit information. The data was supplied on the app, and capable of being shared by users who could plush comments about the information. The data from Waze was the bulk of the overall data. Information was provided by 114,256 anonymous reports from users within the San Jose area. The data was collected over a 26-month period. Roadify supplied a much smaller amount of data.
Data from Waze was put into categories such as “graffic jam,” “police,” “hazard”, and so forth. There was also a “chit chat” category which allowed general traveler information, which included more attitude-based comments.
The NFC analyzed the data from 15,000+ users that utilized the applications. According to the studies findings, having the apps to share one's feelings on general matters “contribute to a more enjoyable commuting experience by adding a conversational element, which users seem to value highly.”
The study also noted a striking difference between riders and drivers on various methods of travel. Commuters on public transportation “see themselves as knowledgeable and experienced” and “don’t immediately see the benefit in receiving information from other commuters,” according to the study.
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