Subway Status Facebook App
Posted: August 20, 2007 Filed under: development, facebook, user experience | Tags: applications, design, development, facebook, new york, strategy, subway Comments Off
Subway Status is an application for Facebook that allows New Yorkers to post updates on the status of the subways, meet their neighbors and read service announcements pulled from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Web site. Users can check for delays, complain about local transit issues — such as the campaign for an F train express — and keep track of weekend changes, all without leaving their social network.
By combining the New York transportation experience with new forms of social networking, Plastic Past is augmenting the normal subway experience and bridging the boundaries between online and offline activities.
IN THE PRESS
“A Site Where Riders Can Compare Notes (And Complain, Too)“, New York Times, August 23, 2007
“Facebook To Reduce Rage, Increase Hookups On Subway“, New York Magazine, August 22, 2007
“Even the Subway’s on Facebook“, Metro NY, August 28, 2007
“The subways are in your facebook, upadatin’ ur transit alerts“, Second Ave. Sagas, August 23, 2007
Click to go to Subway Status on Facebook
