Better bus predictions (a lot better)

Re:Better bus predictions (a lot better) by ajuc on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @03:38AM (#18182804)

In my city there is a system like this (all buses have gps, you can look where they are at any time http://www.sip.ztm.lublin.eu/Default.aspx?lang=EN ), and on bus stops there are these dynamic timetables http://rpw.ztm.lublin.eu/typo3temp/_processed_/csm_01_01_594...

It's working pretty well, the key thing is the point 4 in the article - the timetables show "in X min" if they know how long it will take for the bus to get here, or just "at XX:XX" if they don't know for some reason (transmitter or bus broke, whatever) so they just show the scheduled arrival.

So you can be pretty sure that if it says it's coming in 4 minutes you won't be waiting 30 minutes.

Clearly marking how sure you are of your prediction is IMHO more important than making very good predictions. I don't care if I have to wait 3 minutes or 6 minutes, I do care if I skip another bus waiting for a more convenient one in 3 minutes that never arrives.

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Re:Better bus predictions (a lot better) by prolikewh0a on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @10:11AM (#18184986)

Seattle has GPS on most busses that integrates into apps like Transit. Transit is also crowdsourced if people leave it running when they're on the bus. Some bus stops also have screen timetables that update live information regarding arrival time.

I know I have to leave my condo when Transit says 3 minutes and it has the "this bus is reporting" logo.

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