Houston TranStar User Reviews

Houston TranStar
Houston TranStar
Texas A&M Transportation Institute

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The previous was much better.

This app doesn’t have the rain map, I don’t like this at all.

Response from developer

Hello. We do in fact have the doppler radar displayed on the map. If you open Map Layers, it is the icon in the upper right that looks like papers stacked on each other, the third icon at the top says Weather. If you tap it and close the Map Layers window, it'll then show the doppler radar.

Latest update is unusable

Latest update has made app unusable. It immediately requests two permissions but the graphics are so jacked up I can only click on one. I have also noticed the previous version no longer had information for most of the roads I use.

Response from developer

Thanks for the details on the page not fully showing. We'll get an update out shortly to fix this so phones with smaller screens/large text can see the full page. UPDATE. This was fixed in version 2.0.3. Please update.

Bad service

TranStar is a joke!

It is not real time!

Fact TranStar reports I-69 closed at Townsen closed!
But is OPEN!! For hours.
Do your job right! Or get lost!!!!

Boop the snoot

If you’re looking for traffic cameras this is your stop

No connection

This app says it can’t establish a connection anthem tells me to check my (fully wi-do and also cell data) connection. Closing and reopening the app did not fix the problem. Truly useless.

Bring the old version back!

I’ve deleted and re-installed the new version and it is not anywhere near as good as the older version

The gray color for background

When you try to look it the stall vehicles reports you can’t see what hwy it’s on

Date and time not updated

It’s not in real time because it’s still showing me information for January

Embedded Weather

Embedded weather forecast hasn’t updated from mid-Jan, though I’ve used apps many times since. Update icon doesn’t bring up any more recent info.

Never tells you anything

The only notification you’ll get, is high water. So you’re basically screwed when an accident, stall, or roadwork happens

Response from developer

Hi Mbkissmya. If we provided you notifications of accidents, stalls, roadwork, etc., you would get over 40+ notifications a day. Not the best experience. We will though evaluate the ability to subscribe to different notifications.

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