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

[Kelly Pierce]

Cool, I will follow up privately with some ideas.

Kelly



On 10/28/13, Leslie Hamric <lhamric930 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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