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Only reason we were able to deploy this quickly is because of the 2 pilots we've been successfully running for the past 3 weeks.


I don't for a second doubt the ability. I'm a big believer in moving fast, especially when there's such a bit opportunity for engagement and PR.

It's just the wording which I found a bit "loose". But I'm a stickler for that sort of stuff ;)


Calendar to show a "Show Upcoming Events" option in the search. If you don't tap it we don't access it. Photos to allow installing the app on an SD card (popular request). Identity to use your name in the Send Feedback option. Here again if you don't tap it we don't access it.


You're only going to get accurate departure times if someone else is using GO on that bus/train you're waiting for!


What does it take to add real-time data for a new city?

I've been interested in trying to scrape the data from the transit provider here. They have what appears to be reasonably accurate arrival predictions which they display through an atrocious app, and electronic signboards at some bus stops. The busses have a terminal for the driver that displays how long they need to dwell at times stops and announces the next stop, so I assume this is (at an unknown interval) transmitting the locations to their server.

I haven't gone further in looking at it yet, because google maps will only add data sources directly from the official transit provider.


Oh, yes, I know. I hope the fellows downstream had better performance.


Those 2 cities is where we've been piloting crowdsourcing. The app itself works in 125 metro areas.


That's good to know for when we launch Tokyo, thank you.


Definitely not in the top 5, not sure why he said that...


Nice typo right?


Flash website; must be a scam.


All excellent points. You're right we should have put more thoughts into our city roadmap. We basically looked up US city metro populations and went with that (how terrible, I know). With all the traffic and feedback we get now, it has become clearer which cities should have been prioritized (Miami and San Diego for instance were an absurd waste of time and resources). DC is definitely coming this week, followed shortly by Seattle and LA.


Not sure what's you're referring to here. Maybe it's your local rendering engine... Screenshot please?


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