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.subwaze

The city of New York has a population of over 8 million people. That number combined with the millions of tourists arriving every year, the city is bombarded with too much pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The subway of New York is the world's first subway system that runs 24/7, which is a nifty way of getting around. The system has its flaws though. Due to having little downtime to make repairs, there are overlaps wherein people are inconvenienced due to last-minute repairs, accidents, and service changes. When the MTA gives out announcements on these changes, people are bombarded with too much information with very little friendly and easy-to-understand graphics. Partnering with the Waze app, Subwaze tries to reinvent how subway apps should disseminate information to its users while being inclusive to different disabilities. 

Chances are, you can't.

How it works

Let's use this particular service change of the A line, wherein Manhattan-bound trains run along the F line from Jay Street in Brooklyn to West 4th Street in Manhattan. The normal subway map of the MTA in most mobile apps do not update their graphics pertaining to this announcement, leaving you to manually work your eyes along this busy, overcolored map which line the A train would be traveling on. 

Subwaze automatically eliminates those lines not directly affected by the service change. In this case, it shows you the updated and correct route of the A train (seen traveling through the F line). It also shows you which stops along the line the A train does not stop on. 

 

Subwaze tries to only show you the necessary information that is relevant to your point of destination, making it more convenient and easier to understand. 

Subwaze also tries to be inclusive. The first phase of the subway app will show the subway lines in colors that are friendly to those suffering from colorblindness. 

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