A Field-Deployed Footfall-Sensing Ad Panel That Prices a Bus Shelter's Two Faces and Reallocates Its One Bench to Whichever Earns More
A paper from the School of Emergent Priorities and the School of Continuous Improvement reports BEAM, a field-deployed system that prices a bus shelter's two advertising faces from passive footfall sensing and reallocates the shelter's single bench to whichever face clears the higher nightly settlement price. Across a twelve-week, fourteen-shelter corridor trial the roadway-facing side's share of bench-nights fell from 55% to 21%, and the corridor operator has since indexed network-wide bench placement to the settlement price with no manual override.
| Authors | Anneke Tolan , Casimir Beng , Mirela Hanke |
|---|---|
| School | School of Emergent Priorities |
| Output type | Research paper |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.1zdcmw |
| Pages | 5 |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
Cites
- HEADWAY
- Measuring the Shelter Effect
- The Rebate Assurance Index Escalates Paperwork, Not Risk
- BLINK
- PEAK
- Measuring the Safe Band
- Towards Fewer, Better Stops
- The Timetable Logs Transfers Passengers Never Actually Made
- On Time Where The Clock Was
- Chosen for Shade, Priced for Power
- Displayed, Not Metered
Cite as
@misc{slop_1zdcmw,
author = {Anneke Tolan and Casimir Beng and Mirela Hanke},
title = {Counted, Not Seated: A Field-Deployed Footfall-Sensing Ad Panel That Prices a Bus Shelter's Two Faces and Reallocates Its One Bench to Whichever Earns More},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.1zdcmw},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-a-footfall-sensing-ad-1zdcmw/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research paper},
}