In my city I can easily find the next bus for my location by calling, or by having Tasker or another scripting tool query the API.
For instance, http://realtime.lextran.com/InfoPoint/departures.aspx?stopid=5013
Gives me the next stops at my local Grocery store so I now if I need to hurry up shopping or if I can take my time
Upcoming Estimated Departures from
Euclid @ Ashland Outbound #5013
Woodhill - Outbound
01:50 PM
02:24 PM
02:59 PM
Tates Creek Road - Outbound
01:51 PM
02:26 PM
03:01 PM
Last updated on: 2016/11/25 01:36 PM
What I do is set up a location announcement via Tasker that checks the next bus whenever I am near a stop that I have used before. Using voice to speech I have it announce the stop between songs in my playlist. But someone just asked me if other cities have such a service,
So if you have a API for bus travel in your town, do you use it?
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