Author Archives: Aaron Antrim

About Aaron Antrim

Aaron Antrim is the Principal of Trillium Solutions.

Embark mobile app: A launch video that shows transit’s freedom

Pandav, the outfit that brought us iBART, has rebranded themselves as Embark, and launched transit information apps for New York City, Chicago, London, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington DC. Embark made a great video to launch their app. What I … Continue reading

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Nokia Transport

Nokia and AT&T have just introduced the Nokia Lumia 900, a new Windows-based smartphone, to the United States market (Nokia press release here). The phone includes an app called “Nokia Transport” that provides transit directions for hundreds of transit agencies … Continue reading

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TheTransitWire (Susan Bregman) on TransportationCamp DC

TheTransitWire, the blog on emerging transit technology by Susan Bregman, offers a nice account of TransportationCamp DC event.  Head over to the blog to read about her account of the events themes, social media discussion, and a project to crowdsource … Continue reading

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Google Maps for mobile 6.0 (Android) adds indoor maps. Will transit stations be added soon?

In 2009, shortly after I started carrying an iPhone, I caught myself with a funny new automatic habit.  I would be at the large Fred Meyer grocery store near my home.  Sometimes when I didn’t know where a product was, … Continue reading

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TrinityTransit.org: Making rural transit service attractive and easy-to-use

TrinityTransit.org is the new website for the transit service in Trinity County, California.  It replaces the previous website that was group of sub-pages at the Trinity County Transportation Commission website. There are about 14,000 people who live in Trinity County.  Despite … Continue reading

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Oregon-GTFS.com lists data for 31 Oregon transit services

The State of Oregon launched www.oregon-gtfs.com to make General Transit Feed Specification data for the state more conveniently available to developers.  The site currently lists download links for 31 public transportation services in Oregon. I don’t believe that any other … Continue reading

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rome2rio shows planes, trains, buses, ferries

rome2rio is a website for travel options search.  Enter a starting point and ending point and Rome2Rio shows flight, train, bus and ferry options to arrive there. Do you want to see options to take a bus half way then catch … Continue reading

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TransportationCamp DC, January 21st 2012

TransportationCamp is coming to Washington DC on Saturday, January 21st, from 9a to 5p (eastern time).  These unconference evens are a great place to be inspired, meet leading practitioners in communication technology for transportation, and pick up new ideas. Here’s more … Continue reading

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What might the reduction in regional air services mean for intercity transit?

Across the United States, air service for lower population regions is being reduced or eliminated.  In July, the New York Times reported that Delta Airlines is eliminating service for 24 small airports.  My hometown airport, Eureka/Arcata (ACV), for example, has lost … Continue reading

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Hipmunk shows rail and air travel options, hotel walkability

My new favorite travel reservations website is Hipmunk.  The site offers some features I haven’t seen in any other travel reservations site, but should be standard everywhere. When searching for “flights,” Hipmunk returns a useful long-haul transportation option that most other … Continue reading

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