How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Public Transportation Safer - DZone Big Data

In the history of London's Underground rail network, the underground fire hazard incident of 1987 at the King's cross station was one the biggest disasters. It claimed 31 lives and also severely scarred the reputation of London Underground. After multiple inquiries, it was concluded that the fire had started because someone dropped a lit match onto a wooden escalator. But how did such a trivial incident snowball into a full-blown disaster? Pulitzer prize-winning author and journalist Charles Duhigg analyzed this question in his international bestseller The Power of Habit.