We could all agree on that one of the biggest issues during your everyday commute is with other people and the endless fight you have to put up with to get whereever you might be going. The train might be full which would result in you arriving late or in worst case scenario, not at all.
There are a couple of solutions that has shown up during the years, some ofcourse better than others. One of the solutions that one should’ve seen atleast once during your travels are the large signs that are stationed at almost every subway station or platform, which displays the traffic during the specific hours. Sort of like a graph, displaying the “crowd intensity”.
Another similar tool is this webpage, which I stumbled on during my research. It works in more or less in the same way as the stationed sign, though this is alot more interactive and feels alot more intuitive.
The problem is that most people doesn’t bother planning their commute besides when and where they should going, not taking into account that there could be delays or other problems occuring.
The difference between the sign and the webpage is obvious, seeing as it’s one that’s accessed by the use of internet and the other which is available for everyone already at the station. Though already being at the station and realising that you’re at the most heavy trafficed time during the day, is not really going to help. The webpage itself works really well and should aim to be implemented into the standard SL-application that is already out there and used by tens of thousands. It even tells you where in the train there are the least, respectively the most amount of people.
The main issue within the application I see here is that the statistics and information can vary drasticly during different days, despite it being during the same hours. Which seems to have been overlooked or not made clear enough.
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