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Citymapper is excellent, especially for short trips that can be done in many different ways. Sometimes, for longer trips, Citymapper shows “Uber” or “long walk” as part of a route. In those cases, I would generally prefer to bike, without a bike share. Is there a multimodal transit app that includes transit + cycling?
I don't really understand Citymapper, everything in that app is available on Google Maps. What am I missing?
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.
City mapper is used extensively in London, it’s really really good. They are/where expanding into some form of Citymapper busses which is really interesting. I had the chance to interview there, but I was put off by the absolutely terrible Glassdoor reviews[1] including consistent reports about the CEO and the internal culture. Given that, I’m not too hopeful about the future of Citymapper. Right now they have a head…
We have a smart and passionate team. Everyone is supportive of each other, and you will learn a lot every day. There's an abundance of interesting problems around and everyone is passionate about building a great product.
Anyone thinking of applying and is concerned about this, please contact me: emil at citymapper and I can share my experiences.
City mapper is used extensively in London, it’s really really good. They are/where expanding into some form of Citymapper busses which is really interesting. I had the chance to interview there, but I was put off by the absolutely terrible Glassdoor reviews[1] including consistent reports about the CEO and the internal culture. Given that, I’m not too hopeful about the future of Citymapper. Right now they have a head…
I work at Citymapper as a software engineer, and I know from my own personal experience that Glassdoor doesn't reflect our culture. We have a smart and passionate team. Everyone is supportive of each other, and you will learn a lot every day. There's an abundance of interesting problems around and everyone is passionate about building a great product. Anyone thinking of applying and is concerned about this, please co…
It also has many small touches that add up. My favorite ones are that Citymapper will tell you the optimal subway entrance to enter/exit and even which section of the train (front, middle, or back) to get on based on which one is closest to the exit in your destination stop.
- Saving favorite places to get directions faster
- Relying on their indications to use the best tube carriage and best exit for fastest exit / interchange (can save minutes!)
- Enjoying gamification & stats on your trips using the 'Go' mode. This will the give you indications about how your daily journey compares to others, and the distribution of your transits by mode (e.g., tube vs bus vs train)
- Sharing your trip with someone
- Switching City when travelling
- Not using Google Maps for everything
I use Citymapper whenever I'm in NYC. In my experience, it's much better than Google Maps at providing alternate routes and predicting how long travel will take. It also has many small touches that add up. My favorite ones are that Citymapper will tell you the optimal subway entrance to enter/exit and even which section of the train (front, middle, or back) to get on based on which one is closest to the exit in your…
With public transport, and using the same data Google Maps has access to, it just gives better results except for walking.
I don't quite understand how the walking component of the routing is always so bad compared to Google Maps.
I routinely end the trip when the walking section is on, and switch to Google Maps because it is so much better than CityMapper.
If they could fix that, they would have a killer app on their hands.
City mapper is used extensively in London, it’s really really good. They are/where expanding into some form of Citymapper busses which is really interesting. I had the chance to interview there, but I was put off by the absolutely terrible Glassdoor reviews[1] including consistent reports about the CEO and the internal culture. Given that, I’m not too hopeful about the future of Citymapper. Right now they have a head…
I dont mind commute taking 10-20% longer, if I can take a seat, or trade changes undeground for changes overgrond or avoid connections with high opportunity cost, where being late cost you 30 mins wait for a next train.