Google’s testing a new app that takes the pain out of the NYC subway
https://thenextweb.com/apps/2018/05/31/googles-testing-a-new-app-that-takes-the-pain-out-of-the-nyc-subway/
The subway system is both the best and worst thing about living in NYC. As convenient and practical as it is, it’s also prone to interminable delays, rerouting, annoying passengers/performers and general unpleasantness. Though I think we New Yorkers tend to take it for granted, there’s no question it could be better.
Google’s Area 120, the company’s “workshop for experimental products,” is trying to make the subway a bit more bearable with an app called Pigeon (currently limited to iOS). As noted by The Verge, it works a lot like Waze.