The subways here in NYC, run by the MTA, are routinely and rightly criticized for their lack of ADA compliance and accessibility. The system does have some, though nowhere near enough, elevators which sometimes go out of service, wreaking havoc on some folks' commutes. The MTA posts elevator outages to their website along with the time the elevator will return to service. But how good of a guide are these estimates? As of this post, my robots and I have scraped ~4300 elevator outages (data) a...
