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

[Leslie Hamric]

Sounds good. I'm looking forward to it.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 29, 2013, at 10:26 AM, Kelly Pierce <kellytalk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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