Where's my MBTA Bus?
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navigation | $0.99 | Vladimir Grinman | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Developed by Alex Grinman
“Where’s my MBTA Bus?” is an app for Massachusetts transit riders who want to know exactly where their bus is and when it will arrive. It can help riders decide if they need to rush or can restfully finish their morning coffee.
Features:
- Universal app; supports iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
- Real-time arrival predictions for ALL MBTA bus stops
- Real-time bus locations for ALL MBTA routes
- View official MBTA Alerts
- Guided navigation to help riders find their stops
- View entire route path with all stops on the map
- Save stops as Favorites to ensure quick access at any time
- Quick access to predictions for the last viewed stop
- Automatic refreshing of predictions and bus locations
This app relies on MBTA partnership with NextBus inc, to provide real-time bus arrival predictions. Data is provided by NextBus using MBTA raw data. Using their special formula, NextBus is able to provide not only bus locations, but arrival predictions for every single bus stop. The app provides a pre-filled template to report problems, letting riders send feedback and improve the accuracy of predictions.
This App requires an Internet connection (3G, 4G, LTE or WiFi) to get access to real-time data.
Reviews
How many years does it take to fix an app?
JccBos
Given how often it simply doesn’t work/gives false predictions, you’re better off reading tea leaves to get your bus’s arrival.
Who runs this app?
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I love how a bus says 4 minutes away. Then 10 minutes later it goes to 2 mins.. then it will be 0 mins away then 1 then zero THEN never come and you hit refresh and it’s 15 mins away... Take a lap and give my 99 cents back.
Over a year and Very accurate
menotoman
App works really well. Predicts next arriving buses with consistent accuracy
Sudden problems with the app
23689932568
I’ve been using this app for 5 years and it has served me well. I’m sorry to have to write a poor review, but the in-all error reporting is not functioning. The time predictions seem to be accurate in the last 24 hours. But the GPS is not working at all. It shows locations that are inaccurate or no predictions at all, even when a bus is coming. Examples: last night on the 47, showed no predictions even though a bus was on its way. Today, gave a prediction of 3 minutes on the 64, which turned out to be correct. But the GPS showed the bus stuck in Union Square Allston, which is more than 10 minutes away. Tried to email about these problem but it said “email failed”. Please fix this app because I depend on it!
Similar app issues
Tiger125367657
As of oct 15th app stopped giving predictions the message is the same on all bus routes No predictions available at this time. The app had been great but I rely heavily on this app during the winter. Please update and correct issues Will change my rating to 5 stars when it's fixed
No longer works
aaaasasssase
Used to be great. Then became less reliable. Now not functioning at all for past week.
Horrible app
Rangerbut
Horrible app. It works when it’s actually functional. I had it for a week and then it stopped working.
App broken and contact info for developers doesn’t work
Cawthraven
I have relied on this app since 2010 and it’s the best of the options out there, but predictions stopped working entirely a couple days ago. I tried using the contact information in the app to report a problem but the mailbox was full. Really frustrating.
