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Catch The Bus
Jared Egan

February 17th, 2012



Price: $0.99

Category: Navigation

Updated: Feb 17, 2012

Version: 2.2.1

Size: 3.4 MB

Language: English

Seller: Jared Egan

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.0 or later


Customer Ratings

Current Version
     

(312 Ratings)



Catch The Bus by Jared Egan

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Description

Note: This app only has coverage for the following bus systems:
- The MBTA of Boston, MA
- The MUNI of San Francisco, CA

Full list:
Massachusetts:
- MBTA
- MIT
- Charles River TMA - EZRide

California:
- San Francisco Muni
- AC Transit
- Unitrans ASUCD/City of Davis
- Los Angeles Metro

New York:
- NYC MTA-Brooklyn (B63 5th ave route only)

District of Columbia:
- DC Circulator

New Jersey:
- Rutgets University
- Rutgers Univ. Newark College Town Shuttle

Oregon:
- Portland Streetcar

Kentucky:
- Western Kentucky University

North Carolina:
- Chapel Hill Transit

Maryland:
- Charm City Circulator

Ontario:
- Toronto Transit Commission

Pennsylvania:
- California University of Pennsylvania

Mississippi:
- City of Oxford


Don't rely on bus schedules! "Catch The Bus" makes use of GPS trackers on each bus to give you an accurate prediction for when the next bus will arrive at your stop. Its simple and intuitive interface will get you the information you need fast.

* Has complete coverage for all routes in SF Muni & Boston's MBTA, and many other systems.

* Tells you when your bus will be at your stop, using GPS trackers on each bus.

* Save your favorite or most frequent bus stops to "My Stops" for easy access

* Search for bus stops on a Google Map view, which will display your current location alongside the stops. Making it very easy to find your stop.

MBTA Disclaimer:
The location data used to support this feed is provided by equipment on the MBTAs buses manufactured by Trapeze ITS U.S.A., LLC. The real-time predictions and the XML feed itself are provided by NextBus Inc. San Francisco also has similar data available. While I would love to come to your town and install GPS units on all of your buses, I simply don't have the resources to make that happen.

What you could do if you'd like your city to have data to make apps like this possible, is to contact someone in your local transit authority, and point them towards this app, showing your support for open data & innovation.

Thanks!

What's New in Version 2.2.1

New in 2.2:
New features and enhancements:
* Pull to refresh on stop detail page.
* Better error handling on stop detail page.
* Link to map from stop detail page.
* Ability to turn off annoying shake joke and goofy sounds!
* Reporting issues is now easier, and they are also sent to the MBTA if you are in that system.
* Support for savings stops from multiple transit system.
* Support for many additional transit systems! The following are supported:
* MBTA
* San Francisco Muni
* Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* California University of Pennsylvania
* AC Transit
* Los Angeles Metro
* NYC MTA-Brooklyn (1 route, B63 5th Ave)
* Charles River TMA - EZRide
* Washington DC Circulator
* Portland Streetcar
* Chapel Hill, North Carolina
* Charm City Circulator, Maryland
* City of Oxford
* Rutgers Univ. Newark College Town Shuttle
* Rutgers University
* Toronto Transit Commission
* Unitrans ASUCD/City of Davis
* Western Kentucky University

Bug fixes:
* Fixed iOS 5 crash when saving a stop.

New in 2.2.1:
* Minor tweaks

Customer Reviews

Boston MBTA Works Great (5 stars)
I love this app the times are very accurate, automatically updates every 30 seconds. No longer freeze waiting 30 minutes for a bus. One day in March 2012, the MBTA server was down and I was totally lost without this app. But when I saw no buses arriving at Haymarket during rush hour, I knew it was a T IT issue. The servers were back up before noob. I have 6 T apps and this is my favorite.

The most accurate app I've tried-Boston (5 stars)
Works great & accurate to the tee- very very rarely can't find the bus, but as long as you retry the action the gps finds it instantly. Good job!

Frickin useless (1 star)
The times it tells you for the bus to arrive is a joke basically. I bought it to not freeze to death I the winter and I found myself standing in the cold every frickin time waiting for the bus. Don't buy this.

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