applications

Duke students use real-time bus tracking

February 7, 2012
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Duke University (NC) introduced real-time tracking for its campus bus system last week, and students quickly came to appreciate the benefits.

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MTA selects winning app

February 3, 2012
Winners of MTA App Quest

Embark NYC, an all-purpose app with trip planning, service advisories, interactive maps, and schedules, won the grand prize in the MTA App Quest competition.

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Transit Windsor approves trip planner

February 2, 2012
Transit Windsor bus

Transit Windsor (ON) will move forward with plans to develop an online trip planner that will use existing data about bus routes and schedules.

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Wrapping up TRB in ten tweets

January 27, 2012

It’s impossible to summarize TRB in a few tweets, but here are ten that touch upon the meeting’s combination of research, collaboration, and magic.

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OC Transpo is poised to release data

January 27, 2012

Ottawa transit commissioners plan to recommend releasing OC Transpo’s bus-location data as soon as possible, despite the GM’s advice to the contrary

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LaHood encourages transit community to develop apps

January 25, 2012

Secretary Ray LaHood writes about the role of mobile applications in empowering transit riders with the information they need to make travel decisions.

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BART inspires Instagram photo group

January 20, 2012

Fans of the iPhone photo application Instagram used BART (CA) as their inspiration and took their monthly photo walk on the train.

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Student develops app for Transit Windsor

January 19, 2012

A University of Windsor student has developed an iPhone application for Transit Windsor (ON) and hopes to get agency support.

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MBTA and Boston launch apps challenge to link transit with bikes . . . and lunch

January 13, 2012

The MBTA and the City of Boston launched a developers challenge for apps that highlight connections between the MBTA and Boston’s bikeshare program.

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San Diego apps challenge is open

January 13, 2012

The San Diego Apps Challenge is open and invites developers to create applications using at least one dataset from the City of San Diego or its partners.

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