While iPhone users benefit from built-in transit directions, iPod touch users can feel left out on the curb. However, until the iPod touch incorporates transit directions (and I hope it will), there is another option — UniBus for iPod touch and iPhone. Unibus is a $1.99 app that allows you to look up arrivals and […]
I am a bit obsessed with the idea that travel information plays a crucial (and often overlooked) role in sustainable mobility options. Ian Sacs on the Planetizen blog has an idea for how one facet of this issue — mobility information on mobile devices — can get more attention. New acryonyms! (If you’ve been involved […]
Recently, someone directed me to look the Santa Cruz Metro 2007-2008 Short Range Transit Plan. One of its features is an evaluation of the Santa Cruz Metro website based on the results of a web-based public survey. As part of the planning process, it makes a lot of sense to evaluate websites, and other components […]
One theme I noticed in the BART Mobile Applications Rider Survey results was that some respondents didn’t seem to be aware of the many 3rd party apps available for real-time alerts and trip planning on the BART system. In an effort to help riders find the available tools, BART has provided links to many of […]