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Trackless in Portland: Where’s My Bus?
As an occasional transit rider, using the system isn’t completely intuitive for me. Any time I don’t know when the next bus is coming is a moment when I might get frustrated and give up.That’s why the new technologies TriMet has been implementing have made the system a lot easier to use, which makes me…
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Introducing the Transit Surfer Tool
Today, Portland Transport is releasing a beta test version of our first transit tool, tentatively named the “Transit Surfer”. The Transit Surfer is our take at an improved mobile user interface for TriMet’s Transit Tracker tool. This uses TriMet’s real time arrival data to help you find when the next bus or train is arriving.…
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Google Transit Launches with TriMet
We got scooped by News4Neighbors, but here it is: today Google launched a Transit Trip Planner, using TriMet as their first partner, so right now it’s a Portland exclusive. My favorite part is the comparison of driving costs with the transit fare! What this highlights is that TriMet has great data, and a real willingness…