My trip planner for the BJCTA Max buses (http://www.bjctatripplanner.org) along with my android app, are now in sync with the official data from the BJCTA. I will continue to keep my site in sync with their data, which means up to date and accurate data!
Tag: android
Route 1 (Bessemer) updated
I have updated the trip planner (http://bjctatripplanner.org). These changes fix several variants of the #1 and include several trips that were missing. The #1 should now be accurate including the #1 express service. The trip planner is already up to date and so is the android app. Hopstop and other 3rd party apps should update over the next week.
Sightings of My App
Last night I was waiting on a bus in 5 points after some drinks with friends. Among the 12 of us who were waiting on a bus, I noticed two young girls, who we clearly not from Birmingham, looking at their phones to figure out what bus to ride to get back to their hotel near the convention center. As I looked over their shoulder, I saw they were using my App! That right there was enough to make me realize that all the work I’ve been doing for the last 1.5 years has been worth it! So, if you haven’t already, give the buses a try and use my app to help you.
Updated Trip Planner with Route 41 – Fairfield
I have updated the trip planner for the BJCTA Max buses to include new routes. The 41 Fairfield has been completed. You can download the data off of the GTFS Data Exchange.
My Trip Planner already includes the latest data. Or you can download my Android App for free from below.
If you have an iPhone, you can download a 3rd party app called Hop Stop.
Updated Trip Planner
I have updated the trip planner for the BJCTA Max buses to include new routes. The 1 Express, 45 Express, 44 Montevallo, and 6 Pratt-Ensley have all been completed. You can download the data off of the GTFS Data Exchange.
My Trip Planner already includes the latest data. Or you can download my Android App for free from below.
If you have an iPhone, you can download a 3rd party app called Hop Stop.
New version of Android Trip Planner App
I have released a new version of the BJCTA Trip Planner for Android phones. This includes a few small fixes to the geocoding and starts the app centered on BJCTA’s central station, instead of some random location in Nebraska. As always, get it for free from below or in the Google Play store.
BJCTA Routes Available on 3rd Party Apps
As I have been working on cataloging the BJCTA bus stops and generating route data, I have been posting it online at the gtfs-data-exchange for anyone to use. While major companies like Google won’t pick up on this data until it is certified by the agency, smaller 3rd party applications are.
Over the weekend, HopStop updated their app and included my transit data for the BJCTA buses. HopStop has free apps on Android, iPhone, and Windows phone devices. While I have released my own trip planner for android devices (BJCTA Trip Planner), I don’t yet have one for iPhones or Windows phones, so I’m glad to see 3rd party apps incorporating my data!
HopStop Website | HopStop for Android | HopStop for iPhone | HopStop for Windows Phone
If anyone knows of any other 3rd party apps that have picked up my GTFS data, please comment!
BJCTA (Max) Bus Trip Planner for Android
I have created a Trip Planner app for Android phones. This was based on an open source OTP project that I was able to modify and customized to run against my trip planner. Â It costs nothing and has no ads. Please give it a try an let me know if you like it! It is available in the Google Play store under the name BJCTA Trip Planner.
You can learn more about it from the link below.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.line72.bjcta.opentripplanner.android
You can also grab the source code and submit patches from my github site: