The MBTA Bus Speeds map is a cool visualization of close real-time motorcoach speeds inwards Boston. The map uses information from GPS positions to visualize the final 3 hours of traffic on the Boston motorcoach network. There is too an selection to persuasion the map of the final 24 hours of motorcoach traffic.
The speeds displayed on the map are calculated based on straight-line distances betwixt the recorded GPS locations too non on the actual distance traveled past times the buses. Therefore the speeds are likely under-estimations because the buses tend non to locomote inwards necessitate lines precisely follow the Boston route network.
