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Re:Betting on the Web – Why I Build PWAs by msla on Monday September 11, 2017 @01:49PM (#15220499)
In Missoula, Montana, where I live, the Mountain Line app shows you where every individual bus on a given route is, and computes ETA to a selected bus stop.

I'm pretty sure that's common functionality.

(To be honest, the Mountain Line is very punctual, so I could likely do just fine with just a printed schedule.)

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Re:Betting on the Web – Why I Build PWAs by e12e on Monday September 11, 2017 @02:57PM (#15221161)
Where I currently live, the bus app does the same, but the difference between scheduled time at each individual stop is typically 1-3 minutes. So it's not like off-line functionality would be useless, even if on-line can add value. But it obviously only adds value when you're on-line - and if off-line the app doesn't work at all...
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Re:Betting on the Web – Why I Build PWAs by peatmoss on Monday September 11, 2017 @08:22PM (#15223718)
Displaying the live AVL data for all Missoula busses is not too bad. In Seattle where I currently live, not so much. Thus, most of our apps here tend to give arrival times of busses with nearby stops.

Fun aside: my dad drove for the Mountain Line many years ago. I rescued one of his 1970s yellow shirts with the embroidered logo patch a while back.

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