WMATA Real-Time Bus Lines
Check out this funky fresh Metrobus sign. See that flier on top of the bus schedule that asks you to check with WMATA to see when the next bus comes? Welcome to the 21st Century, Washington DC!
If you check WMATA Next Bus you can see exactly when the next 38B will leave Farragut Square for Ballston. While I blogged about this before, back then there were only a few bus lines with real-time info.
Now WMATA has a decent quiver of auto-time bus lines. None yet are on my ridership beat, so I don't know its actual accuracy - anyone have a first-person account? Regardless, I'm happy to see more WMATA time-sensitivity and accountability with buses.
Next up (we hope) will be real-time information in actual bus stops. Well, once Metrobuses stop knocking shelters down.
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wayan | 9:17 AM |
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I've tried using these. Kindof a pain. Its a voice activated system which can be difficult when talking on a cell phone on a city street.
I love NextBus when it is actually in service- it's quick, accurate and an awesome tool to figure out if it's worth the wait or not (especially late at night when bus service is spotty in DC). It's just not very reliable- the system seems to go down fairly often.
