The document discusses making real-time public transportation data available. It notes that while weather and traffic data are easily accessible, information on when the next bus will arrive is not. The MBTA initially released only basic trip planning data in September 2009. Then in November 2009, they launched a pilot program making real-time bus location data available for 5 lines. This led to the creation of several applications using this data within weeks. The document promotes opening additional real-time data and a challenge for developers to create applications using this data.
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