The problem
Overcrowded buses and trains are uncomfortable and unsafe, yet riders cannot tell which service is less busy.
What to build
Estimate onboard crowding from anonymous signals and show riders the least crowded option for their journey.
Success looks like
Crowding levels that match manual counts within one band on sampled trips, with no tracking of individuals.
Suggested technologies
- Anonymous signal counting
- Edge ML
- Privacy engineering
- Real-time APIs
- Mobile UI
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