Amazon.com’s new headquarters in Seattle is equipped with an interactive, touch-screen transit kiosk that shows real-time public transit information and local amenities. It uses OneBusAway, a suite of tools to make using public transit easier for King County riders.
People can view “real-time arrival times for Metro bus routes, find streetcar stops and arrival times, as well as pinpoint nearby restaurants, shops and services on an interactive neighborhood amenities map.”
The 40-inch, map-based kiosk combines the accessibility of touch-screen technology with neighborhood amenity information and real-time arrival information for transit.
The kiosk taps into live data feeds from the popular OneBusAway application, King County Metro, Sound Transit and the Seattle Streetcar, as well as a comprehensive, updated database of South Lake Union amenities.
Perhaps your nearby solar-powered, Wi-Fi enabled, bus stop will sprout $300 touch-screen tablets. You’d think newspapers would be all over on it.
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Juniper Research says the combined revenues from pay apps, value-added services, subscriptions and advertising is expected to rise from just under $10 billion in 2009 to $32 billion in 2015.
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