Comments on: Multi-Mode Nerds: Handy Transit Schedules

By: Jett

Jett — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:43:24 +0000

You guys should see what Atlanta has put together: http://trip.atltransit.com/. This is an on-line trip planner that has the transit schedules along with detailed bicycle route information provided by local cyclists. I’ve found that it matches the routes I would choose quite well.

This would not be of interest outside of Atlanta commuters except for one thing: The underlying engine is open source and could be setup for other cities.

By: Meep

Meep — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:42:33 +0000

If you have an iPod you can just save the routes as text and access it through the Notes menu. Also, there is a schedule for the BART for your iPod,
Another thing you could do is use the browser on your phone to go to a website that has a scaled-down version of these things. I have yet to do that myself just out of sheer laziness… and I used up too much data last month…

By: Fritz

Fritz — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:04:41 +0000

Pretty clever idea, Noah. I have my transit schedule memorized (eight morning train departures between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.; five evening train departures for the return between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., along with all the connecting bus schedules), but here’s another idea: Copy the text schedule from the transit agency website and text message it to your phone. You may have to experiment with formatting, but it seems like it would work. This assumes familiarity with the route, of course.

By: Dust

Dust — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:28:25 +0000

Also Control Print Screen on Windows Machines captures the screen and places the capture on the clipboard. Then you just open up your favorite graphic editor (or Microsoft Windows Paint) and edit the image. I think it’s ALT Print Screen for devices run Sun OS.
Then you don’t have to download a separate screen capture program.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:42:38 +0000

I’ll admit to be a bit geeky in that regard myself. I mostly use the browser on my (pda) phone to look up when the next bus will be arriving. In the Denver area we have the mobile-specific gortd.com which will give you the next couple of times for a given route+stop+direction. That’s what I use most often, but it isn’t great for longer-term planning.

I have a spreadsheet combining the times & stops of my usual routes that I loaded on my phone, that comes in useful occasionally.

Nextbus.com is also really cool but it only works for one of our routes.