[il-talk] iPhone App-Pub. Trans. Tracking

[Leslie Hamric]

Hi Kelly. I live out in the suburbs so if you like, I would be happy to test out some transit apps in the suburbs and tell you how they do. Thanks.
Leslie

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> On Oct 28, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Kelly Pierce <kellytalk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have been analyzing transit apps.  I haven’t been out to the suburbs
> to figure out if the apps that say they work with Pace actually do.
> My favorite CTA app is one called Ride Chicago.  This app finds all
> the transit points near you and displays them in a list with the
> distance to each one.  The transit points include all CTA bus stops
> and rail stations.  There is no need to scroll down lengthy lists.  If
> the end user travels regularly at a stop, it can be saved as a
> favorite.  Once a bus stop is chosen, the app then displays the
> arrival time, minutes before each arrival and the distance the bus is
> to the stop for the next several buses.  It is also possible to select
> the stop from a list of routes and a list of stops on that route. Ride
> Chicago is free.
> 
> The issue with Metra apps is that departure times may be listed, but
> the trains include express service.  This problem really applies to
> the downtown trains.  Because a departure time is listed for a given
> train line, the train might not stop at the desired station because
> the train is an express strain that skips some stations. It is
> important to have some basic schedule awareness between the two Metra
> stations that you are traveling to.  I searched on the app store for
> Metra and have downloaded some apps.  I haven’t yet really done much
> review and analysis of them though.
> 
> Kelly
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 10/28/13, Nicholas Robertson <robertson.nicholas at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Does anybody have any tips on an accessible iphone app to track the
>> bus/train/rail?  I was using Hop Stop, but it seems as though Chicago has
>> been taken off the list of cities.  What do you all use?  Any help would be
>> appreciated.
>> 
>> Nicholas S. Robertson, MBA
>> Phone: 641.660.2475
>> Email: robertson.nicholas at hotmail.com
>>            nicholas.robertson2 at va.gov
>> 
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