PDX Bus, MAX, Streetcar & WES

September 2, 2024

11.4.6 (August 2024) - Updated map and station names for Better Red changes. - Optimizations - The "What's New page" is now only shown automatically for major changes, not minor ones. This was not a major change. - Now can run on Apple Vision Pro

April 15, 2024

11.4.4 (March 2023) - Added Gateway North MAX Station - Updated maps and colors. - Fixed how detours are displayed for closed stations or weather events. - Updated social media logos, added Instagram. - Removed COVID link. - Fixed links to guthub and pnpoly attribution

July 8, 2023

- Updated maps and colors. - Minor bugs and fixes - Fixed occasional crash when locating nearby routes. - Fixed Siri shortcuts on the Apple Watch (would not work sometimes) - FX: Added new icon and vehicle info for the new Frequent Express line.

March 17, 2022

11.4.2 (January 2022) - Updated NextBus feed (for streetcar locations) - company was purchased by Umo. - Added new Streetcar Map, added transfer information to station screens, and modified station names in South Portland. - Fixed issues around Aerial Tram and its alerts. - Watch app: As Apple has removed the context menus, the buttons on that menu have been moved to the main screens. - Watch app: Siri features from the phone app are now supported on the watch. - Fixed issues with the background downloading of route lines to display on maps. - Removed support for iOS 11 (iOS 12 was supported on all iOS 11 devices). - Fixed rounding error for metric distances. - Fixed issue when there was a # character in a detour, this is assumed to be a Stop ID now. - Fixed issues with alarms and showing details for WES arrivals at Hall/Nimbus or Tualatin WES Stations. - Checked all internal web links. Fixed a few! (This check has been automated). - Added system-wide alerts to Siri; fixed some issues with shortcuts (Siri would sometimes unexpectedly say the results). - Fixed some dark gray text in dark mode. - Refactored network access and caching. - Added Celebration bus information - Tweaked fonts - now all use monospaced numbers as things align better. - Updated for iOS 15. - A long press on detours and other text will allow it to be selected - this allows the user to translate, copy or share the text. - Detailed arrivals include a new action to plan a trip starting from just after the arrival. (As requeted by a user!). - Added a link to "Buy Me a Coffee" for tips. No obligation, no additional features, just a way to say thanks.

January 20, 2021

11.4.1 (January 2021) - Updated the fonts on departures; re-aligned the alert text. - Departure details now show the long description of the route and have bigger times. - Reworked the pins and callouts on the maps. - Stop names are now sorted correctly (e.g. NW 5th Ave comes before NW 10th Ave). - iOS 14 updates

September 22, 2020

11.4 (September 2020) - Updated MAX map to September 2020 version (three stops were closed). - New look for Alerts. Alerts now include links inline in the text, such as trimet.org or Stop ID 7586. Alerts are now consistently sorted, and additional links are at the end. - Fixed issue with reading TriMet's route file, so the optional fetching of route lines for maps will work again, now it fetches in the background too. This is a cool feature - turn it on in the settings. For Show Route Paths on Maps, choose "Fetch in background, Monthly". - Fixed an issue where, on the details screen, vehicles may be shown as due after they had left. - Code has been tidied up a lot internally to make it easier to maintain, as I had time on my hands. :-( - Added support for Shortcuts app to get arrivals, stop locations, and routes. See documentation, and try the Shortcuts app. - Improved check network screen to show progress. - Trip planner results now include the number of transfers. - Various other bug fixes. - Updated some station names as the South Waterfront area has changed from "SW Portland" to "S Portland". The Streetcar map and stations are not yet changed. - Updated map sharing to allow sharing of a map link for a stop. - Note: This will be the last update for iOS 10, as Apple makes it hard to test older than the last three versions.

January 4, 2020

11.3.1 (January 2020) - Small fix for maps if they are on the screen when the mode changes from dark to light or vice versa. - Fix for the pull-down search in iOS 13, sometimes items at the bottom of the page were hidden behind the keyboard. - Fixed the date picker screen in the trip planner - the date picker is now aligned properly. - Added information for new 2019 vehicles. - Completed changing the descriptions of the times from Arrivals to Departures. The times have always been departure times, even though the internal documentation often calls them arrival times. It is clearer if we refer to them as departure times. - Re-worked departure and proximity alarms, improved user interface and improved accuracy. - Several other small bug fixes and tweaks, including more information when a vehicle goes off route.

September 26, 2019

11.3 (September 2019) - Support for iOS 13 dark mode, including new icons, reversed colors, changing mode on the fly. - Trip Planner now looks up addresses and landmarks using Apple's geolocating services (instread of TriMet). This gives more accurate and up-to-date searches with full addresses. - Trip Planner user interface for inputing addresses has been enlarged and redesigned. - Updated TriMet MAX map to use the September 2019 version, which highlights that some stops are closing in 2020. - Small fix in the color picker, used for tagging vehicles. - Minor bug fixes including: fixed issue with creating a bookmark when there is a system wide alert.

August 11, 2019

11.2 (August 2019) - PDX Bus can now use iCloud to share bookmarks between devices, and to restore bookmarks when the app is deleted and reinstalled. - User interface tweaks. - Added information about the latest new electric busses. - Various bug fixes. - Watch: System Wide alert text will hide when touched.

January 21, 2019

11.1 (January 2019) - iOS 12 Siri Shortcuts: Use the "Add this stop to Siri" menu item to associate a stop with a phrase for Siri, and Siri will say and show all the arrivals for a single stop. - iOS 12 Siri Shortcuts: Use the "Add to Siri to launch with bookmark" menu item to associate a bookmark with a phrase for Siri, who will launch PDX Bus and show the bookmark. Siri won't attempt to read all the arrivals in this case, as there could be a lot as each bookmark can have many stops. - iOS 12 Siri Shortcuts: Use the "Add to Siri" menu item on the locate screen to set up a phrase to launch the app and locate nearby arrivals, routes or show a map. - WatchOS 5 Siri Shortcuts: Support for some Siri shortcuts on the watch app (trip planning is not supported from the watch). - WatchOS: Added complications support to launch watch app from a watch face. - iOS: Detours are shown for stops without arrivals. - All: : Bug fixes; modernized memory management. I found a place that can cause a hang; this was probably the real cause of the issue when getting routes. - iOS: Fonts. Now displays the time in larger text when the arrival time is more than an hour away. Uses Verdana where there are changing numbers - this looks better as the numbers are fixed width. Fixed text alignment issues. - All: Now displays the day of the week if arrival time is more than 12 hours away, instead of the date.