The crowdsourcing app called Swyft already being used by 40,000 Bay Area residents, about three-quarters of them in San Francisco, now use the app to report when their Muni bus, BART train or AC Transit bus is delayed, overcrowded--or--otherwise experiencing---problems.That lets the app--deliver real-time information to its users in conjunction with the NextBus predictions. "The union of those two provides better context for riders" to figure out when their bus really will arrive, said Jonathan Simkin, co-founder and CEO of Swyft, which has raised a little over $500,000. "We built Swyft to optimize how you get around town." SOURCE LINK:http://www.govtech.com/dc/articles/Crowdsourcing-Apps-to-Report-Bay-Area-Public-Transportation-Delays.htmlTags: app, crowd-sourcing, crowdsourced, crowdsourcing, toolsComments
