David Block-SchachterOpen payments will bankrupt public transit and it’s still a good ideaA suitably alarmist headlineJan 19, 20191Jan 19, 20191
David Block-SchachterBuses need infrastructure tooDecades before Bridj and Chariot (and Leap and MagicBus and …), there was a new technology that was so flexible it was going to…Jan 15, 2019Jan 15, 2019
David Block-SchachterA primer for recruiting for innovation type jobs in governmentLet’s make the implicit compact explicit.Jan 14, 2019Jan 14, 2019
David Block-Schachter#microtransit is dead; long live micro transitI’m gloriously unemployed for a brief moment so I’m going to share my unsolicited Chariot hot take.Jan 12, 2019Jan 12, 2019
David Block-SchachterThe T just launched improved bus predictionsLast week I wrote a post about how we had selected Swiftly to be our provider for our much improved bus predictions, and that they’d be…Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
David Block-SchachterBetter bus predictions (a lot better)The story of how we moved from 75% accuracy to 84% accuracySep 24, 20183Sep 24, 20183
David Block-SchachterWe’re making real-time bus locations more “real”Let’s begin with a little MBTA history.Jun 4, 2018Jun 4, 2018
David Block-SchachterWe are not the MBTA you think we are: MBTA Customer Technology at NewCo BostonHow do you innovate in a government agency heavy on infrastructure?Apr 2, 2018Apr 2, 2018
David Block-SchachterExpectations for mass transit have changed and the T should too.If you hadn’t heard, the MBTA is an old system. We like to brag we’re the oldest subway in the US. The city of Boston grew around us. And…Apr 11, 2016Apr 11, 2016
