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how to get your bus schedule via text message

November 26, 2007 by Cash 

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Some websites are such an incredibly good idea, I find myself amazed it’s taken them this long to arrive.

It’s no secret that UM is committed to public transportation, and TxtBus.net is going to make our lives a whole lot easier.

With four different ‘levels’ of functionality (that involve providing increasing amts of specific information in your initial query), Txtbus allows you to see the next three scheduled busses for your desired route.

Truly brilliant.

Currently available for RTD’s system here in Denver/boulder, but coming soon to:

San Francsisco
Portland
Dallas
Chicago
Miami

(Hopefully, coming soon everywhere else too)

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5 Responses to “how to get your bus schedule via text message”

  1. goat on November 27th, 2007 6:46 am

    http://www.google.com/transit

    i really can’t wait for this to get to a few more cities (specifically nyc)

  2. Greg on November 27th, 2007 11:12 am

    Who made this!? I love you!

  3. Cash on November 27th, 2007 12:11 pm

    If I’m not mistaken it was actually a project for a college course.. the team won a prize and their idea was developed into Txtbus. Woot!

  4. Friedrick on December 11th, 2007 7:05 pm

    We just launched Txtbus in San Francisco - watch for us on the buses this week!

    How it works:

    Text: SFMTA myRoute
    To: 44636

    Example:

    Text: SFMTA 21
    To: 44636

    For the list of major stops on route 21. Reply with the number of the stop closest to you for the next 3 times.

    Still free and better than ever - over 40 routes with real time GPS!

  5. cash on December 11th, 2007 9:18 pm

    Congratulations Friedrick! Keep up the great work.

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