Category: Transit Tools

  • Flash Anyone?

    I’m looking for a developer with Flash skills/tools who can help create a transit tools UI for a new device. Anyone interested can contact me at webmaster@portlandtransport.com.

  • Another iPhone Transit App

    There’s another entrant into the iPhone real-time display space: Portland Transit. The route/stop browser is not as strong as on the PDX Bus app mentioned earlier, but it does offer a GPS-based “stops near your location” feature. And this one costs $1.99… But it has a much nicer icon :-)

  • Beaten to the Punch

    I had always hoped to do an iPhone interface for Transit Surfer, using the iUi toolkit to build a web interface that mimics the native iPhone UI. But Andrew Wallace, a local developer, has beaten me to it and gone one better. He’s written a native iPhone app that uses TriMet’s web service to get…

  • TriMet buses now feature internal Automated Stop Announcements

    From a TriMet press release today: Buses with internal Automated Stop Announcements (ASA) are now notifying riders where they are along bus routes on seven TriMet bus lines. ASA ensures people who are hearing or sight impaired and those new to transit are informed of upcoming stops, by providing both internal readerboard and voice announcements…

  • Clever Commute Spreads to Buses

    Clever Commute has added the #12 bus line (actually two lines: #12 Sandy and #12 Barbur) to its options. Erik, I expect to see regular notices of service issues on Barbur from you :-) Clever Commute would like nominations for the next bus lines to add…