{"273421":{"#nid":"273421","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How to Make Waiting for the Bus Feel Much, Much Shorter","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe wait for the bus is the worst wait. It\u0027s worse than the wait to get to the front of the checkout line at Trader Joe\u0027s \u2013 there at least the endgame is within sight. ... \u003Cstrong\u003EKari\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWatkins (CEE)\u003C\/strong\u003E and Brian Ferris developed the transit-tracking app\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/onebusaway.org\/\u0022\u003EOneBusAway\u003C\/a\u003E, which provides real-time arrival information for buses and trains in Seattle, New York, Atlanta, and Tampa. Its first users were in the Seattle area, and Watkins and Ferris found in their visits that people who relied on the app were much more accurate in estimating how long they had to wait for the bus. For them, perceived time and actual time were one and the same.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/commute\/2014\/01\/why-technology-forever-changing-psychology-waiting-bus\/8158\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESource: Atlantic Cities\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27592","created_gmt":"2014-02-04 12:28:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:56","author":"Joshua Preston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"foood","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/commute\/2014\/01\/why-technology-forever-changing-psychology-waiting-bus\/8158\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}