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dRAILdDeveloper: Marcela Rodriguez

Curation: Monika Wahi

Creative Analytics: Xuan Yang

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dRAILdDeveloper: Marcela Rodriguez

Curation: Monika Wahi

Creative Analytics: Xuan Yang

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Reverse Commuters on the MBCR• The Massachusetts Bay

Commuter Rail (MBCR) system is excellent, but not perfect. • Reverse commuters

get screwed in bad weather.

• Most stations are outdoors.

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But don’t we already have an app for that?• While apps have already been developed

to track each train’s location, it is not possible to see where the train is if it is so late that it has not started on its route yet.• It may be delayed on a previous route,

but currently, this information is not retrievable on the app because that functionality has not been developed.

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dRAILd adds the functionality to track an actual train,

called a “Consist Makeup”, through its journey through the

day. Therefore, if the train is backed up a few

routes, this will be evident.

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Our Commuter

• Reverse commuter takes Framingham/Worcester Line from South Station to Natick and back every day.

• He works until 5:15 pm and likes to take the train that is scheduled to leave inbound from Natick at 5:45 pm

Photo from U.S. Army/Public Domain

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Framingham/Worcester Line

Outbound originates at

South Station

Inbound may originate at Worcester

Inbound may originate at

Framingham

Natick Station

Direction Home

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Scenario #1 - Ideal

Commuter Wants to Know

• At 5:00 pm, Reverse Commuter wants to know if his inbound 5:45 pm train out of Natick seems to be on time.

What Commuter Finds out

• The 5:45 pm at Natick originates in Worcester.

• The train used for this route comes into Worcester at 4:18 pm from South Station, so it can leave at 4:55 from Worcester to make it to Natick by 5:45

If the train really did get to Worcester at 4:18 pm and left

at 4:55 pm, a query at 5:00 pm would work with current

apps.

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Scenario #2 – Messed Up

Commuter Wants to Know

• At 5:00 pm, Reverse Commuter wants to know if his inbound 5:45 pm train out of Natick seems to be on time.

What MCBR Knows

• The 5:45 pm at Natick originates in Worcester.

• At 5:00, query shows that train has not yet arrived at Worcester.• Further, it left South

Station 15 minutes late, at 3:00 pm instead of 2:45 pm.

Current apps could NOT tell the user that the train in

question left South Station 15 minutes late, at 3:00 pm.

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Scenario #3 – Screwed

Commuter Wants to Know

• At 5:00 pm, Reverse Commuter wants to know if his inbound 5:45 pm train out of Natick seems to be on time.

What MCBR Knows

• The 5:45 pm at Natick originates in Worcester.

• At 5:00, query shows that train has not yet arrived at Worcester.• Further, it left South

Station over an hour late, at 4:00 pm instead of 2:45 pm.

The Reverse Commuter sometimes takes the next train, at 6:25 pm. Is it possible this train could come earlier than what was supposed to be the

5:45 pm train?

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Scenario #3 – Screwed

Commuter Wants to Know

• At 5:00 pm, Reverse Commuter wants to know if his inbound 5:45 pm train out of Natick seems to be on time.

What MCBR Knows

• The 5:45 pm at Natick originates in Worcester.

• At 5:00, query for the 6:25 pm route says the train slated for that actually left South Station at 4:25, but has not gotten to Framingham yet.

• It will turn around in Framingham and come back to Natick

The Reverse Commuter might actually be able to pick up the 6:25

pm train faster than the delayed 5:45 pm train, since that train is only out of Framingham. dRAILd

adds this functionality.