That's true. I'll have to try the Nextbus app. At least that might be able to
help me know which buses go to an intersection and stuff. I did read on the
transit's FB page that they have a gmail address with nextbus as part of it
that you can look up a specific stop number, so with luck, hopefully more data
is there. We do have real-time bus location here, but the web page to it isn't
so good on accessibility.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael May
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:41 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: enhanced transit stop data for San Francisco
There are apps that access realtime bus data. Certainly NextBus is the best
known. They focus on the location of the stop and the time of arrival.
The detailed stop data we are talking about is not available in most cities.
It is possible they have the data but they don't share it.
I believe you will see the San Francisco data available as well on the iPhone
soon too. The tricky part is how to provide the information without
overwhelming the user. I may want to hear 10 things about the stop I am trying
to find but I don't want to hear 10 things about every stop that I pass.
Mike
From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brent Harding
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:46 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: enhanced transit stop data for San Francisco
Is there anything somewhat similar out for the iPhone? I'd like to be able to
tell what bus I need to take, the times, and where it gets off without having
to call the transit all the time. It seems hard to get the info from them at
times because they always seem busy and rushed. It seems that the online trip
planner is wrong enough, especially about my home stop, which affects the rest
of the route you would use, and the thing to change the date isn't accessible
with Jaws, one of those read-only boxes with a calendar graphi underneath.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael May
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:21 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] enhanced transit stop data for San Francisco
Listers,
We have worked with the San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind to present
additional features at each of the Muni stops in the city on The BrailleNote,
Braille Sense and Windows PC versions of Sendero GPS and maps. There are about
2800 stops in the database.
Thus far, the Portland Oregon data has been the only one where lots of
details are presented. We worked with them to do this several years ago. Now,
in San Francisco, you can hear more about the exact location of the stop,
whether there is a bench or a shelter, what is the length of the stop so you
know how many busses may line up there; is it on an island or a curb, on the
surface or underground and what are all the bus numbers stopping at that
location. Even if you don't live in San Francisco, you might want to check out
how this works.
If you had a California San Francisco Muni file already, please delete that
one and download the new one that has Lighthouse/Muni in the file name.
There are around 20 GTFS files list in California alone. If you haven't
checked, see if your city file is in the list. They are sorted by state and
country.
We will also be publishing a short getting started document to help
inexperienced public transit users to understand what all the stop details
mean, nearside, farside, inbound, outbound and so forth.
Thanks to those of you who filled out the survey and those who worked with
us testing the stop data.
Mike
Michael May, CEO
Sendero Group, Davis California
Developers of accessible GPS
Sendero Phone: 888-757-6810, extension 101
Home Office: 530-757-6900
Email: MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sendero web: http://www.senderogroup.com
General GPS web: http://www.AccessibleGPS.com
Mike May Personal: http://www.CrashingThrough.com