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Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place

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Re: Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place

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Post by davidd8 »

erik_p wrote: post #3

I can't wait to give this a try... I've been weekend hacking on trying to improve on the NextMuni predictions, because they're just so consistently misleading/awful.

You can try an in-browser demo at roversf.com - let us know what you think! Would also love to hear about your NextMuni prediction hacking!

Re: Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place

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Post by davidd8 »

derelk wrote: post #5

I've been using this for the past month or so, and overall I think it's the best app for Muni. The interface is not anywhere near as slick as the Google Maps app for example, but for transit routing it feels much more functional.

Glad you like it, we're always working on improving the UI.

Re: Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place

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Post by davidd8 »

kalvin wrote: post #9

I've been using Rover on iPhone for a few months and it's great. Prior to Rover the best option was using both Google Maps (great routing, but no real-time schedules for SF transit) and Routesy/Nextmuni (real-time schedules, but no routing)-- two apps for every bus trip. Muni buses are more often late than not, so Rover is solving a real problem with just the walking+transit piece. It also has InstantCab/Uber/Sidecar…

Thanks Kalvin, we're as excited as you are to build this out!

Re: Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place

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Post by pidge »

davidd8 wrote: post #13
kalvin wrote: post #9

I've been using Rover on iPhone for a few months and it's great. Prior to Rover the best option was using both Google Maps (great routing, but no real-time schedules for SF transit) and Routesy/Nextmuni (real-time schedules, but no routing)-- two apps for every bus trip. Muni buses are more often late than not, so Rover is solving a real problem with just the walking+transit piece. It also has InstantCab/Uber/Sidecar…

Thanks Kalvin, we're as excited as you are to build this out!

Are you guys planning to add the non-Muni transit agencies that run through the area too? (Golden Gate Transit, etc)

Re: Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place

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Post by guywithabike »

One problem: It thinks that it doesn't take any time to walk from, say, Powell station to a street-level bus, so it gives you connections that you can't possibly make. This is the same problem that almost all transit apps have, unfortunately.

Edit: Also, it seems to give me really bizarre suggestions. Right now, for a trip to Alamo Square Park from downtown SF, it suggests that I take Bart from Montgomery to Powell (that's one stop) and then somehow catch Muni bus #5 in 2 minutes. A much better option would be to just take Muni bus #21 which comes past the Montgomery station in 5 minutes and heads straight to Alamo Square Park.

The quest for a good transit app continues, sadly.

Edit 2: More bizarre suggestions: From Montgomery to Alamo Square Park, it suggests this: http://imgur.com/bYLpJJI instead of taking bus #5 in 2 / 11/ or 19 minutes, which goes directly from Montgomery to Alamo Square. Also, it thinks that it takes 0 minutes to get off of Bart at 16th and Mission and make it to bus #22...

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