We make life better without a car. Live in 1000+ cities worldwide. Made in Montreal. En français svp: @applitransit
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Decade by decade, block by block, our grand avenues were turned into deadly car conveyor belts.
Our bustling public spaces were repurposed for vehicle storage.
Our cities and lives can be so much more if we just think differently about how we get around: vision.transitapp.com
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ALT Meme of cartoon girl on pink hearts background with text: "when times get tough i just blame everything on car dependency"
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Et tu Hochul? 😡
We’ve got 1.2 million New York commuters who know they deserve better and aren’t afraid to say it!
HUGE shoutout to @transitapp for boosting our call action to hundreds of thousands of riders all across the city!
If @GovKathyHochul thinks she's heard the last of riders who are FURIOUS about this $15B backstab, let us be very clear—we're just getting started.
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.@charli_xcx our DMs are open
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new google maps ui still fails to render the blue line correctly and also appears to struggle with some of the double- and triple-decker streets downtown
ALT what should be a 90 degree bend on the cta blue line rendered as a weird tight loop in the tracks
ALT the chicago loop with some of the multilevel streets, in particular wacker drive, rendered with overlapping differing blocks of color
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We don’t have a hundred billion dollars to build ground-penetrating GPS satellites. But we’ve got the next best thing: offline motion detection 🚇📱🚆
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nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- your GO ranking
- how many riders thanked you
- no seriously it's awesome that you helped so many people get better real-time transit info
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You can no longer unlock Citi Bikes in Transit.
Lyft bought Citi Bike (and other bikeshare operators) — as a way to get you using the @lyft app.
Now they're killing our bikeshare features in NYC & more cities.
No more openness. Hello, walled gardens: medium.com/@transitapp/lyft-…
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how i stare down car drivers when the priority light comes on and the bus gets to go first
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Last week we added dockless scooters in SF. Today we add the last pieces:
🍋 @LimeBike scooters
⚡️ @fordgobike electric bikes
Now, we have ALL scooters + bikes in SF.
🛴 @BirdRide &
🛴 @ridespin &
🚲 @jumpbikes &
🏍 @ScootNetworks
SF's mobility family—united at last 💯👌
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🎆 Say hello to Transit 6.0! 🎆
It’s our love letter to public transportation — the brightest, boldest, and best version of ourselves yet 🌟
ALT Meme of two old pictures side-by-side blocking someone's face with superimposed screenshots of Transit's old UI. Caption: "Only Transit could take this and this, and give you..."
ALT Meme of revealed makeover face with a superimposed icon of Transit’s 6.0 branding. Caption: “A masterpiece.”
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so what if it’s march and not june? we’re always proud to have you onboard, with new icons that slay all year round 🌈
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We cranked it into high gear to bring you better bike navigation. Hop in the saddle and read all about it 👉 bit.ly/transitapp-go-bike
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🙂👉 transit + ridehail connections
☺️👉 transit + docked bikeshare
😲👉 transit + dockless bikes
🤯👉 transit + scooters
🤩👉 all the above…
Now in our trip planner. Say hello to the 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 trips in your city: medium.com/transit-app/bikes… 🤠
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Millions of people are still using public transit. Who are they, exactly? We surveyed 25,000 riders.
- They're essential workers (no surprise)
- 56% identify as women — just 40% as men
- Ridership is much less "white" than before the pandemic
More stats: medium.com/transit-app/whos-…
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Our trip planner now works...
🚇 in the deepest subway tunnels
📵 without a data plan
💀 when a server crashes
💥 if your 4G satellite gets hit by a comet
The world's first offline transit trip planner: every city, every mode.
And it's fast as hell ⏩⏩ medium.com/transit-app/how-w…
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Rats. They're everywhere.
But mostly in New York.
We asked Transit riders to tell us when they saw rat(s) at a subway station, ran the numbers, and found which @mta stations had the most tails on the rails.
Behold, the great NYC Subway Rat Detector: transitapp.com/rats 🐀
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happy pride month, we’ve put the bi in bike trip planning and now you can (finally!) see biking with your personal bike for both ways of a multimodal trip <3
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We’re nobly putting our hockey allegiances aside and joining forces with the TTC to rally against our common foe: detours ⚔️🚧🛡️
We've partnered with our pals from @transitapp to add a new free in-app feature that will track and show in real-time any unplanned surface vehicle diversions on a one-year pilot. (Yes, planned diversions will also be there).
So when a road is blocked or closed for an emergency, the app will update to show new routing and missed stops, allowing customers to better navigate their journey.
We're also working with Transit to get a version of this feed onto our website via Open Data. That should be live in a few weeks.
Read more at: ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Update…
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Demand for public transit is down 61%, according to our stats. Despite this, transit agencies continue to be a lifeline for people who NEED to travel.
Here you can see real-time demand in different cities. Agencies need our help — let's lend them a hand. transitapp.com/coronavirus
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Snowplow season is here ☃️💥🚜
- Is your stop a boot-eating slush pit? ⛲️
- Need an ice pick & crampons to mount your bus? ⛏️
Folks in Vermont, Québec & Ottawa are being asked about the snowcessibility of their stop.
With this data, we can build a 1-800-ZAMBONI for bus stops.
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All the scooters. All the bikes. All the buses and trains.
We just raised a $17.5M Series 🅱️ to build the Switzerland of mobility.
Come see how 👉 medium.com/@transitapp/trans…
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If transit’s on the ballot today, then Transit’s gotcha covered 🗳️
In-app banners are up in cities with transit ballot initiatives. NO to cars, YES for buses, trains, and bike lanes! ✊
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For driverless trains? We suggest @REMgrandmtl 🚆
For trainless apps? Try @Apple or @googlemaps! 😶🌫️
Days after Quebec's biggest transit line in fifty years started service... Larry, Sergey & Tim Apple have yet to hear about it.
Obviously, you know which app DOES support it 😏
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┃ ② 🚍 it's ┃
┃ ⑤ 🚇back┃
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Transit for Apple Watch: medium.com/@transitapp/trans…
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Until today, your GO trip lived behind the lock screen. Today we’re busting those bars wide open!
👋 Hello Live Activities
🤳 See GO updates on the lock screen
❄️ No PIN (or de-mittening) required
🎅 For iOS and Android
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Some (temporary) bad news: we're not appearing in the App Store and we're not sure why. This means iPhone users can't download the app and people who already downloaded Transit can't purchase Royale. We've speed-dialed Tim Apple but no luck so far. Will keep you posted 🤞
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Unlock any bike. Board any bus. Plan & pay for every trip and every mode — with one account, whatever the city.
The dream starts today:
Transit Accounts. medium.com/transit-app/one-a…
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🆕 BIKESHARE NEWS 🆕
We did it. Docked and dockless—all in 1 app.
Live in Seattle & DC.
See every 🚲 in your city: medium.com/@transitapp/trans…
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Transit 5.0 is out:
• Monica loves our "go back" swipes ⏬
• Unified route screen changed Erica's life 🤯
• Rita got a trip plan in one tap 1️⃣
• And Tina says the new fat search bar slaps 💥👏
Same app. More mambo: medium.com/@transitapp/the-b… 🎺5⃣🎺
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"Transit the 🐐 no 🧢"
- @macstories
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💰 It’s budget season, and many transit agencies are facing critical funding shortfalls! 🚨
We’ve mobilized riders in…
🚃 Vancouver
🚌 Kansas City
🚋 San Francisco
🚎 Pittsburgh
… to speak up through local advocacy campaigns and save public transit in their cities! 📢
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Genie: Hello rider, you may have one wish 🧞♂️
Rider:
Fare machine:
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Rider: Can you replace those stupid fare machines & let me buy my bus + train fares in Transit instead?
🧞♂️👉 medium.com/transit-app/never… 💥📮⚰️💐
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Ten years of Transit. Wow.
From the (very-deep-subway) depths of our hearts, thank you for riding with us.
Tonight we'll blow out a candle and enter our double-digit era. Our wish? More 🚲, more 🚌, more 🚈.
Bisous,
Transit 🎈👋
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Philadelphia! 📢
Big cuts to SEPTA service start August 24 unless the state provides sufficient funding. Use Transit to preview the cuts and tell lawmakers what you think!
ALT Collage on yellow gradient. In background is PA state capitol building and SEPTA Bus with a "State cuts!" headway sign. In foreground is Transit app main menu interface featuring lines with "Cuts start Aug 24" notes, along with an enlarged view of the Network Preview prompt from the settings floating on top.
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Jake: Can you write about your maps?
Anton: Yes, but it'll be 3K words and you won't understand any of it
Jake: 👌
medium.com/@transitapp/how-w…
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Transit Twitter is not real life.
👉 Low-income riders are 8x less likely to get transit info from Twitter than rich riders
👉 IRL + Zoom meetings? Black and Latino riders are 2 to 4x less likely to attend
How do agencies ensure all riders are informed? blog.transitapp.com/case-stu…
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En cet interminable début de début de printemps, la @stminfo et Transit t’offrent la plus belle des 🌷: le positionnement des bus en temps réel. C’est comme regarder une tulipe pousser, mais en plus rapide. ☀️🚌😳
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The Multi-Modal Holy Grail.
Fares. ETAs. Payments. And transit-oriented trips, for:
• Uber 🚘
• Lyft 🎀
• Via 🖖
• Ola 🇦🇺 & Téo 🇨🇦
See where transit + ridehail beats pure ridehail
Hello Transit+ 😱👉 medium.com/transit-app/final…
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Today we're launching something new.
You've probably wondered at some point, "how does Transit make money???"
Well... business models are hard. We've thought about ours a lot. (A LOT.)
And we're going with one that puts transit riders first: transitapp.com/royale
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Avoid crowds with new real-time crowding info:
medium.com/transit-app/you-c…
Now live for Sydney 🇦🇺, Staten Island-Manhattan express buses in NYC 🇺🇸, and 10+ other cities. More soon.
(If your agency has "crowd counters" on their buses or trains they can turn this on — tag em & ask!)
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📂 Transit
└📁 Shared mobility
└📁 Those cute lil scooters
└👋 @BirdRide
└👋 @ridespin
└👋 @waybots
└🤔 ...@limebike?
All the scoots. One app. It’s happening. medium.com/@transitapp/welco…
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This is not how we expected to show up on Page Six.
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First California city to sell bus tickets in Transit!!! It's the ever-🅱️🅱️🅱️eautiful Santa Monica.
This makes it more convenient than ever to buy a ticket (and ergo, to choose 🚍 over 🚘). Big thanks to our big blue crew @SMBigBlueBus & the payment princelings @tokentransit.
😍Our favorite app just got better! You can now use @transitapp to buy BBB Single Ride tickets! 😱🙌
⏬Download Transit today at: transit.app/?ref=BBB #SkiptheWait
@santamonicacity @SaMoPlanning @SustainableSM @GoSantaMonica @AskGoSaMo @tokentransit
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We have new policy muscle at Transit! And that muscle is a brain. A warm welcome to @andrewsalzberg, our new (and first!) policy advisor. He’ll be using his urbanist nun-chucks to help us unaddict cities from their cars.
We talk all things 🚲🛴🚆🚍🚘 ici: medium.com/@transitapp/an-in…
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The @NORADsanta tracker:
-no open data
-no respect for down-the-chimney dwell times
-santa just be flyin
-funded by cold war era military alliance?
Baltimore's "Santa bus" tracker:
-uses open data
-santa actually stops for people
-no reindeer labour required
-funded by love ❤️🎅
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Pour des trains sans conducteurs, on recommande @REMgrandmtl 🚆
Pour des appli sans trains? Essayez @Apple ou @googlemaps! 😶🌫️
Mais vous savez bien qui était prêt (même une semaine avant l’inauguration) ? Nous-aut’, bien sûr 😏
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Ah, I see you've found some of our more experimental abstract work.
(We've passed it on to our team for some detangling. Thanks for the heads-up!)
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“Where’s my bus?”
—typical Transit user
“Where’s my bus ACTUALLY THO?”
—typical Transit user (after being burned by bad data)
You wanted more precise locations. We did too. Now they’re live in our 175 cities.
Hello GO-crowdsourced locations: medium.com/@transitapp/trans… 🎯🚎🎯
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let's gooooooooo
Exciting news, riders! We are now offering free access to Transit Royale in the @Transitapp. Enjoy premium features at no cost, like future departure schedules, route maps, and live vehicle tracking. Your ride just got better! For more details visit mta.maryland.gov/articles/46….
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DART is the largest US agency that doesn't share real-time data with other apps. Riders in Dallas look at Transit 100K times per month and see stale, scheduled times instead of real-time information. 🤔
Why? Good question...
Let's open that data @dartmedia. Frito pie's on us!
IDK why I didn't try the Transit app sooner. It's so slick.
I like to imagine if we could get DART's Chief Innovation Officer to try the Transit app for just one bus trip, they'd immediately open up real-time data & fare API so everything can be done thru Transit app.
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yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw 😤
#CapMetro has partnered with @transitapp to help improve the experience for our riders. Get accurate arrival times and plan your trip from start to finish. Customers are automatically upgraded to Transit Royale! 👑🚍
Try it out today: capmetro.org/transitapp
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Not sure if our users are ready for this design change! Need an opinion from @humantransit
Network redesign: the @transitapp icon. The new network is less circuitous and will allow more frequent service without an increase in operating hours.
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Foiled by a redirected bus? Never again! ✊
Now riders in 3 new cities can see detoured routes right on the map…
🦀 Baltimore, MD
⛰️ Burlington, VT
🌴 Torrance, CA
…with more to come, thanks to a collab with our friends at @SwiftlyInc blog.transitapp.com/how-tran…
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1. Bus ETAs. They love to jump up and down 😤
2. But they’re too wild to be tamed by humans 🐎
3. We asked: could machines help? 🤖
4. Then we called Montreal's @stminfo 👨👩👧👦
5. We did some machine learning magic... medium.com/transit-app/can-w…
6. Overnight? ETAs = 15% more accurate 😻
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POV: the solar system's going to pull off a perfectly-timed transfer
Catch the moon make its mid-day pit stop:
🧡 Laval: métro downtown!
🚊 Toronto: GO train to Oakville!
🚍 San Antonio: take the 93 to UTSA!
😎 Everyone else: get those ISO-approved shades ready...
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The story behind our newest, trickiest & most-requested feature
Google vs. Apple vs. Us:
🗺medium.com/@transitapp/trans…🗺
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bout to drop a track: @kanyewest
bout to drop a tracker: @transitapp, now with real-time vehicle tracking in Montreal. Not just predictions: you can 👀 your bus on the map. It's our latest 🔥🚨🔥 collab with @stminfo.
We'll chase your bus. You chase your dreams. 👊
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As humans who love transit, we were thrilled to welcome none other than @humantransit to our Montreal HQ this week while he’s in town for @atuq3’s annual conference. Thanks for stopping by Jarrett! 💚
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Getting riders back won't be an easy "one trick" fix.
But mid-COVID, agencies do have obvious cards to play — like giving riders crowding info, before they board.
Riders *overwhelmingly* want this. And now, for most agencies, it's finally possible 👉👉 medium.com/transit-app/what-…
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We’re bringing some Ooh-Là-Là, to La La Land…
We're making @transitapp our official app! Download Transit to upgrade your transit experience with improved trip planning and real-time information. Learn more: mtro.la/JdzT50zJtjf
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We were tired of telling people why cars are bad for cities.
So we made this: shitenriquesays.com
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No satellite, no problem - learn more about it here 👇 bit.ly/transit-go-undergroun…
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Federal transportation funding today:
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highways everything else
🚘 🚍🚆🚋🚲🚶♂️
It's time for @POTUS to change that. medium.com/transit-app/biden…
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Guess some (m)apps are just better than others 👀🚍🚴🚇🚊👀
ALT Map of San Francisco from the Transit app showing Muni buses, BART, Caltrain, and Bay Wheels bikeshare.
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How much news can you fit in a tweet? Let’s try.
• New branding 🍀
• We raised $ 🎉
• And finally: 4.0 is LIVE! 👉🚦👉 medium.com/transit-app/trans…
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Side project time 👀❗️
To help our home province (Québec) accelerate the 💉, we built @vaccelerateur: it surfaces hard-to-find, last-minute vaccine appointments.
We've also added 💉 locations throughout Transit (in all cities where the data is open).
medium.com/transit-app/find-…
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What you expected:
🚏🚏🚏🚏🚏🚌
What you got:
🚏❌❌❌🚏🚌
Bus detours: they're everywhere. When you find your stop's been moved? It's often too late. 😤
If only we could detect detours automatically... 🤯
Live first in MTL, in a collab with @stminfo site.transitapp.com/transit-…
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Today Transit+ gets even more plus: with bus.
Also, ferries. Oh wait and personal bikes too.¹
Which meaaaans: if you plan a trip, we'll show you where combining 🛴/🚲/🚕 with 🚌/🚅/⛴ is faster than any one mode, by itself.
¹ set up 🏠+👔 locations & this'll work even better!!
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Do you use transit in:
🏔 LA (@metrolosangeles)
🏜 Albuquerque (@abqride)
🗽 Nassau County (@theNICEbus)
⛲️ Kansas City (@RideKCTransit)
🏂 Denver (@RideRTD)
🪕 Nashville (@WeGoTransit)
👇 or any of the 20 systems below?
Crack that bubbly OJ 🍾🍊— your agency got you 🆓 Royale!
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Something big is coming… 👀
Stick around as the clock counts down to the final reveal: go.transit.app/countdown 🔍
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🦇 COMCAST FUTURE OF MOBILITY 🦇
—SO INCONVENIENT 😩
—NO COMPETITION 🚫
—STILL CAR-CENTRIC 🌍👉💩
🌈 THE OPEN FUTURE 🌈
—FEWER CARS 📉
—DOPER APPS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
—MULTI-MODAL PARADISE 🌴🛴🚲🚋
they told us Open APIs could never be sexy... well well well: medium.com/@transitapp/our-c…
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🌎 travelling in a new city?
🚊 not sure how to pay for transit?
✨ we now show where you can tap your credit card to board
👀 plus: apple + google wallet integrations (!!!)
😌 easy peasy bus stop breezy
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Seeing agencies work together makes our heart thump like tennis shoes in a dryer 👟🎶💚
With one fell swoop,
@cincinnatimetro✔️
@tankbus✔️
@bcrta✔️
@CB_Connector (Oct 30th)
just gave Cincinnati riders a single, seamless way to pay for *all* their transit.
What city's next? 😛
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💃🇦🇷 ¡Bienvenido Buenos Aires! 🇦🇷🕺
The city just launched real-time for Subte 🚇 & Premetro 🚃 & their colourful colectivos 🌈🚍. They asked if we'd be their launch partner. We told them we'd never had a South American city in Transit before...
And they said: ¡Aún mejor! 😂
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Peter Dovak, a legendary designer, passed away this month.
His work filled us with joy, inspiration. He was more than talented. He was a fellow transit geek.
We were very lucky to work with Peter. He designed 60+ icons for us.
More of his work: ggwash.org/view/65706/peter-…
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