MetaChat - This is pretty cool - SMS based bus schedules

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09 February 2009

This is pretty cool - SMS based bus schedules I'm about to re-join the commuting hordes and noticed that our local transit agency is testing a phone text schedule system. Each bus stop has a sign telling you what code to text to the Port Authority which then texts you back telling you which and how soon the next bus is coming.→[More:]I can't tell from the site if it's static or dynamic though, does it tell you when the next bus is scheduled or when it will really be there?

post by: octothorpe at: 17:09 | 3 comments

If it's anything like the one we've got here, then it tells you when the bus is ACTUALLY coming. Which is all sorts of awesome.

And just wait for the first time you save the number and text your local bus stop from your house. There's nothing better than knowing the bus is runnign a tad late and you don't have to go to catch it just yet.

posted by seanyboy 09 February | 18:06

! Very cool, Port Authority.

posted by notquitemaryann 09 February | 18:41

I'd love this. Ours is an automated phone system, but it would definitely be quicker by SMS.

posted by loiseau 09 February | 22:11

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