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Agreed, they give better results than official apps (that tell you to take metros that are not currently driving because of the strike).
I have a different experience. Just yesterday Google Maps and Citymapper advertized me trips with transports that didn't run (lines N and U) because of the strikes. The official app Transilien only provided me trips that actually existed.
Wow that looks really useful, I did not know of this app. Did anyone here on HN use it successfully? Having a single app to allow navigating cities and buying tickets is something I have been wishing for lately (especially in cities where there is no way to buy tickets either online or via an app).
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I use Citymapper extensively on trips to cities it covers. It's at its best in London (where, IIRC, the dev team is based): there, it's a life-saver. It's also effective in other first-rank anglophone world cities, such as New York. I've found its coverage can be patchy/incomplete in some cities, presumably because the data sources they aggregate are incomplete or inaccurate: at its worst, it degrades gracefully to t…
In London you can buy discounted weekly passes through them now. Working from home for just one day will negate the cost saving though, especially if you’re out in zone 4. I don’t know how they undercut TfL on the price but I presume they’re doing something tricky with redistributing monthly or annual passes.
They still have consistent problems with randomly charging you random amounts on top of the weekly cost. It's a normal MasterCard so you can check it on the TfL website, but I've had to work with them a few times to get refunded from random extra charges (usually 0.50 to sometimes 7 quid) which they can't explain why they happen.
I don't really understand Citymapper, everything in that app is available on Google Maps. What am I missing?
They still have some more unique features. I'm not sure which of the following have now made it to Google Maps but here are my favorites:
* Recommendations for routes that involve combining bike sharing with transit. (They call it multimodal labs)
* Commute alerts in case of disruptions.
* Map with all the transit features nearby.
* Shows car sharing options as well (such as Zipcar), in addition to Uber / Lyft of course.
* If you start a "Go" trip you get notifications on which station to get off at. On android it also works great with a smartwatch (full support for Android Wear).
I've been researching why my cities public transport isn't available in Google Maps. Turns out that the (mostly public) transport company assumes itself in competition to app vendors such as Google Maps and Citymapper; the bus company "doesn't own the whole experience anymore". So, while they give access to static routes with some delay, real-time data or accurate data is out of reach. How do companies like Citymappe…
I worked at Citymapper. The quiet, grim truth of the place is that everyone there is gritting their teeth trying to do work they're passionate about in the face of an exec team who are all gritting their teeth trying to succeed in the face of a CEO who is legitimately abusive toward the people around him. Everyone is scared of the guy for reasons I don't really understand. Also a lot of the current/ex employees have…
How does this happen to people? Are there really no other options or something? Are they barrel-bottom candidates on their final shot? I just can't imagine feeling like I need my employer more than it needs me.
I worked at Citymapper. The quiet, grim truth of the place is that everyone there is gritting their teeth trying to do work they're passionate about in the face of an exec team who are all gritting their teeth trying to succeed in the face of a CEO who is legitimately abusive toward the people around him. Everyone is scared of the guy for reasons I don't really understand. Also a lot of the current/ex employees have…
> The people who stay at CM are mostly too scared to leave How does this happen to people? Are there really no other options or something? Are they barrel-bottom candidates on their final shot? I just can't imagine feeling like I need my employer more than it needs me.
Wow that looks really useful, I did not know of this app. Did anyone here on HN use it successfully? Having a single app to allow navigating cities and buying tickets is something I have been wishing for lately (especially in cities where there is no way to buy tickets either online or via an app).
Wow that looks really useful, I did not know of this app. Did anyone here on HN use it successfully? Having a single app to allow navigating cities and buying tickets is something I have been wishing for lately (especially in cities where there is no way to buy tickets either online or via an app).