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Title: Best transit apps for Canadians Post by: HCK on May 06, 2016, 04:05:19 pm Best transit apps for Canadians
Canada's a big place, but getting around its biggest cities shouldn't be a big task. There are dozens of great transit apps out there, often built for a single city's unique bus or metro system. But the best apps are the ones that undertake the difficult task of consolidating data from dozens — hundreds — of cities, arraying accurate arrival and departure times, directions, service messages and more in intuitive ways. Transit App My favourite of the four apps being profiled, Transit App is the only app in our list developed in Canada. By default, the app opens to the closest transit stops, be it bus, metro, or streetcar, with a gesture-based interface that feels built for touch. Transit App isn't overly complicated, which is its greatest asset. A universal search bar offers the ability to enter a destination address, for which the shortest and/or most direct route is outlined in a list. The app's ebullient colour scheme differentiates it from the rest of the market, and the... Source: Best transit apps for Canadians (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/-9qcHPHFCsE/best-transit-apps-canadians) |