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Tag Archives: Mobile
TriMet launches third party developer app center
Browse through ‘Unofficial’ Web and Mobile Applications for applications that utilize TriMet’s TransitTracker Web Service & GTFS Data for developers. There are a lot of great apps there — mobile apps, SMS, web-apps, and visualization tools. Looks like TriMet’s Developer … Continue reading
Wish your iPod touch could help plan transit trips?
While iPhone users benefit from built-in transit directions, iPod touch users can feel left out on the curb. However, until the iPod touch incorporates transit directions (and I hope it will), there is another option — UniBus for iPod touch … Continue reading
Convergence of Mobility and Mobility (ConMaM)
I am a bit obsessed with the idea that travel information plays a crucial (and often overlooked) role in sustainable mobility options. Ian Sacs on the Planetizen blog has an idea for how one facet of this issue — mobility … Continue reading
Of websites, customer information and short-range transit plans
Recently, someone directed me to look the Santa Cruz Metro 2007-2008 Short Range Transit Plan. One of its features is an evaluation of the Santa Cruz Metro website based on the results of a web-based public survey. As part of … Continue reading
BART adds Developer App Center to bart.gov
One theme I noticed in the BART Mobile Applications Rider Survey results was that some respondents didn’t seem to be aware of the many 3rd party apps available for real-time alerts and trip planning on the BART system. In an … Continue reading
BART Mobile Applications Rider Survey
This post is overdue. In late Februrary, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) released the results of an online survey of its riders on their use of mobile devices and mobile transit information applications. Beyond the results of the … Continue reading
Big Noise: Accessibility via Gadgetry
Another example of how Google Transit can be extended to make transit information conveniently available to more people in more places. The Travel Assistive Device program in Florida uses Google Transit feed (GTFS) for schedule and stop information. From Big … Continue reading
Feedback on iPhone’s transit directions & maps
The Google Transit team sent out an announcement to their partners on some of the early responses to the inclusion of Google Transit in the default software for the iPhone in the 2.2 update. I’ve been excited about the potential … Continue reading
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Transit directions on the iPhone
The reason I bought an iPhone was an early-October rumor that the Google Transit trip planner, and walking directions, were going to become part of the iPhone’s mapping application with the 2.2 software update. Sure enough, in late November, it … Continue reading
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Google Maps for mobile includes transit
Last week, the new version of Google Maps for mobile added transit directions. This means that if your agency is in Google Maps/Transit, then people in your area can look up transit information from their connected mobile phone/PDA when they’re … Continue reading
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