MTA Bus Time app for iPhone and iPad
4.4 (
7344 ratings )
Travel
Navigation
Developer: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Free
Current version: 1.2.3, last update: 4 years agoFirst release : 27 May 2015
App size: 23.86 Mb
MTA Bus Time uses Global Positioning System (GPS) hardware and wireless communications technology to track the real-time location of MTA buses in New York City. This innovation lets you use your computer, cell phone, smartphone or other tech device to get information about when the next bus will arrive at your stop, even if you are still at home, the office, shopping, or dining.
Pros and cons of MTA Bus Time app for iPhone and iPad
MTA Bus Time app good for
Before this app, I was always hesitant to use busses because I never knew when they would come. Now, I can quickly look up the best possible bus route for me to take then find out exactly where the next bus is! Amazing!! *****
This app gives the distance and approximate time until arrival for any bus stop. Its fast and accurate (except for the few buses with broken GPS). The arrival time is adjusted for traffic conditions. You can search for nearby stops, add from a map, or search for text, and you can save favorite stops. I use this every day and it has never crashed.
Room for improvement: the bus stop names should signify the direction of travel so you dont have to use trial and error to find the one you need. Also, I have the same problem as another reviewer with the map jumping around when zooming.
This app is accurate and useful with buses, now I wonder if there would be by any chance a subway version in the making?
Spot on!! Love that it tells you the end stop for the bus too such as South Ferry or Houston St on M15! The best and very timely!
Some bad moments
This is a great idea but the execution on the application is horrible. Filled with multiple crashes and bugs. If the app just opened the web view it would be 100x better than the application out now. Seeing as how this application has not been updated since 2015 is very discouraging.
This app is a joke, the times are rarely accurate. Dont base your travel plans on it or odds are youll be late...needs improvement.
This app is so much better on a droid or Samsung Galaxy platform. You dont even see the bus routes and what stop the busses are on, like it is on the droid. What a waste. Its all confusion. Not a happy camper here at all.
Im glad the app was free because its a waste. I get clearer information via the MTA Bus Time online. I dont care that the bus is1.5 miles away. I want to see where it is currently.
I know you have it in you--it can be better.
First, add the full bus map routes for every borough for commuters to reference nearby bus lines and their routes. THEN commuters will be able to effectively use the GPS/real-time features.
Only the MTA can make a worse app than the web interface, which wasnt all that either, but at least it was intuitive and made streamlined.