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The Big 5.0: Transit app gets a makeover

65 pointsby anguswithgustoover 6 years ago

7 comments

SllXover 6 years ago
Discovered this app quite by accident a number of years ago, and after eyeing its competition, settled on this one to recommend to people.<p>It did exactly one thing well that I wanted: it looked at my current location and gave me ETAs for <i>all</i> of the nearby lines, MUNI, BART, whatever it was I might need. At the time I was mulling my own ideas about an app, more or less like this, but it dropped from my considerations once I discovered this app.<p>It&#x27;s been a more consistent companion than my choice of web browsers, mail clients, search engines, note apps, operating systems or whatever, and I&#x27;ve pretty much never felt any need to actually replace it.<p>Some apps just do one thing and do it very well. Kudos to Transit app.
stephencoynerover 6 years ago
Functionally, the redesign is pretty badass. The gesture navigation is intuitive and well executed. They&#x27;ve placed the live bus locations in a more prominent position which is awesome.<p>Visually, I feel like the app is still in 2015. Lots of clashing colors, super heavy shadow and the new green search bar feels slapped on. These are opinions though :) .<p>Hats off to the team.
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Svexarover 6 years ago
Doesn&#x27;t mention Transit&#x27;s widget which is its greatest feature. I love that I can get bus&#x2F;train arrival times without opening an app. It automatically populates with the nearest bus lines and you can tap it to switch directions.
iampimsover 6 years ago
I used to <i>love</i> this app, but lately (~1 year) it&#x27;s been buggy and not refreshing the bus schedule (SF) properly and giving me garbage info – which is worse than no info at all.
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rcMgD2BwE72Fover 6 years ago
I&#x27;d love to read ideas for improving the design of Transportr, a FOSS public transport app for Android (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;grote&#x2F;Transportr" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;grote&#x2F;Transportr</a>)
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thatswrong0over 6 years ago
Love the usability &#x2F; intuitiveness of this app. My only qualm is that the drag down to go back isn&#x27;t _always_ available.. for example, if I select a &quot;Ford GoBike&quot; location, I have to tap the &quot;X&quot; in the top right to go back, which is a bit of a reach on an iPhone. But that&#x27;s pretty minor complaint.
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genmonover 6 years ago
Anyone use both Transit and Citymapper and able to say how they compare?
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