Dude, Where’s My Bus?
Posted By ajw93 On June 30, 2009 @ 1:52 pm In Metro, Transportation, WMATA | Comments Disabled
Greater Greater Washington [1] has the goods…NextBus is finally live [2]!
Dude, where's my bus?
So, according to NextBus, the “next bus” (see what I did there?) heading for the Metro from my office will be arriving in a mere six minutes. Unfortunately, I don’t get to go home for a few more hours.
The utility shows arrival times for the next three buses at the desired location, which you can select by stop number (those little signs on every bus stop signpost) or just use the dropdowns to select your route, direction, and intersection. You can access the service from your computer, or a mobile device; and if you have a favorite location that you’ll be checking all the time (your home, your office) you can bookmark that custom location as well. Neato! Earlier this week the DC DOT introduced a similar system for Circulator buses [3] as well.
Have a look [2] and let us know what you think, DC. Is it worth it after the years of waiting [4]?
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URL to article: http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/06/30/dude-wheres-my-bus/
URLs in this post:
[1] Greater Greater Washington: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=2764
[2] NextBus is finally live: http://www.wmata.com/rider_tools/nextbus/arrivals.cfm
[3] similar system for Circulator buses: http://circulator.dc.gov/
[4] years of waiting: http://dcist.com/2007/09/last_call_for_nextbus.php
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