Re:Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend
by deecewan on Monday October 03, 2016 @08:41AM
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There's a standard by Google for transit timings, and Translink, the public transport authority in my state, outputs these times. They're live.
Apps like 'Transit' also (accurately) show the current GPS location of the bus as it approaches, and it updated every minute (I believe)
Re:Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend
by ahussain on Monday October 03, 2016 @08:42AM
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In London you can go to the TFL website and see live updating times for when the bus will get to your stop: https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/stations-stops-and-pie...
Re:Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend
by eriknstr on Monday October 03, 2016 @09:11AM
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Oslo, Norway has realtime data available for all stops as well :)
http://reisapi.ruter.no/Help/Api/GET-StopVisit-GetDepartures...
>Returns a List of StopVisits (departures) from a Stop. If no time parameter is supplied, departures in realtime will be returned.
Re:Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend
by masklinn on Monday October 03, 2016 @08:47AM
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OK, that's really cool. Definitely means they have "a server, 3G/4G connectivity [and] GPS" though.
Re:Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend
by makomk on Monday October 03, 2016 @03:12PM
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Not necessarily. I think some of the systems use radio links to a central location and transponders at fixed points on the route to track the buses.
Re:Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend
by BerislavLopac on Monday October 03, 2016 @03:23PM
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There is an API for London: https://api.tfl.gov.uk/
I don't know about London, I've seen some systems where the stops had "live-updating signs" but only provided the time of the next official passage. And while I wasn't clear, my bug is not just stop signage but phone access as well (that's most useful when e.g. it's raining cats and dogs and you want to avoid waiting in the rain at uncovered bus stops)