GREAT app unless want GPS off
I have used this app for years. I have found it to be excellent.
Currently have two issues with it, which to my great surprise have never changed.
(1) the app is set up so that it will show buses that have gone past the stop you were looking at, and you do not have the option to not see them.
The best you can do is the minimal setting where it will only show buses that are 10 minutes past your stop.
Since the entire point of the app is to reveal oncoming buses in order to catch them, showing buses that are past is beyond useless and simply frustrating.
Why do they not amend it so that one at least has the option of not showing buses that I’ve gone past the stop being viewed, at all?! Utterly illogical.
(2) GPS has about four options, but none of them include excluding the use of GPS entirely. One can choose minimally to have it only come on to track the bus when it is at least 1 mile away.
But one cannot choose to not use it.
This also is illogical. Once the bus is that close, it can often be seen with one’s eyes on approach anyway.
I prefer to not have my battery drained away, pointlessly giving GPS data about a bunch of things that serves no practical immediate purpose.
Since there is nothing I can do about where the bus is, simply knowing how many stops away it is is sufficient.
The additional GPS data about specifically where it is does not help me because I am not a TriMet supervisor.
Besides, every minute away, it says the buses is a stop away. So it makes some slight mistake mistakes but three minutes away is 3 to 4 stops if “due now” is denoting the upcoming stop or not.
That right there tells me what the GPS data merely serves to duplicate.
I should have the option of turning it off.
Instead of GPS data being used when the bus is a mile away regardless of if I want it to be used or not.
Because the app does not give me the freedom to turn these things off completely, and they serve no practical purpose being turned on, I will eventually switch to another app that allows me full control.
Currently have two issues with it, which to my great surprise have never changed.
(1) the app is set up so that it will show buses that have gone past the stop you were looking at, and you do not have the option to not see them.
The best you can do is the minimal setting where it will only show buses that are 10 minutes past your stop.
Since the entire point of the app is to reveal oncoming buses in order to catch them, showing buses that are past is beyond useless and simply frustrating.
Why do they not amend it so that one at least has the option of not showing buses that I’ve gone past the stop being viewed, at all?! Utterly illogical.
(2) GPS has about four options, but none of them include excluding the use of GPS entirely. One can choose minimally to have it only come on to track the bus when it is at least 1 mile away.
But one cannot choose to not use it.
This also is illogical. Once the bus is that close, it can often be seen with one’s eyes on approach anyway.
I prefer to not have my battery drained away, pointlessly giving GPS data about a bunch of things that serves no practical immediate purpose.
Since there is nothing I can do about where the bus is, simply knowing how many stops away it is is sufficient.
The additional GPS data about specifically where it is does not help me because I am not a TriMet supervisor.
Besides, every minute away, it says the buses is a stop away. So it makes some slight mistake mistakes but three minutes away is 3 to 4 stops if “due now” is denoting the upcoming stop or not.
That right there tells me what the GPS data merely serves to duplicate.
I should have the option of turning it off.
Instead of GPS data being used when the bus is a mile away regardless of if I want it to be used or not.
Because the app does not give me the freedom to turn these things off completely, and they serve no practical purpose being turned on, I will eventually switch to another app that allows me full control.
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Awesome app
Super specific with lots of details
:3
<3
Waste
Big waste of space. I can go on to trimet.org and get a better service.
So Helpful!
Amazing grassroots app; has saved my bacon and let me accurately plan trips (much better than Maps) countless times. Thank you!
Best transit app EVER
I use this all the time, both to see when my bus is due & to plan trips. It has so many useful features and is so easy to use on the fly. It’s worth more than most apps I pay for! (Thank you to the developers!)
Reliable
Used it for more than 7 years, never crashes. If arrivals don’t display it’s always a problem on TriMets end. I use the Locate button and it’s a single press to get arrivals, very simple and fast.
Amazing and super customizable
As someone new to the area and having to rely on multiple PDX apps to get the time table correctly for specific connections that aren’t generated automatically, this app and it’s many customizable options and selections has made mass transit commuting a breeze.
I love having specific stops saved and the ability to have departure alarms and the live tracking with 60s update intervals where you can see where your bus/tram/streetcar is at on the map.
I love having specific stops saved and the ability to have departure alarms and the live tracking with 60s update intervals where you can see where your bus/tram/streetcar is at on the map.
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Fits the service
An app that’s as useless and unreliable as the transit system that birthed it.
Thank you!
I have been regularly using this app since I first downloaded it way back in 2013! Thank you so much to the creator of this! It works so much better than any other transit planning sites or apps.
Jury duty ride
Excellent
It’s ….OK
The biggest flaw is the option to see ALL departures from a MAX Platform really only shows the next 3 scheduled. Not really that helpful when trying to plan out a trip ahead of time.
Aesthetically, it could you an upgrade. It’s cold and sterile to look at.
Aesthetically, it could you an upgrade. It’s cold and sterile to look at.
Hard
This app is very hard to use. I’ll just drive
Too difficult to use
All I need is a map of stops and bus routes. This app is impossible to figure out and to use. Couldn’t find a useful map with the information I needed. It also eats phone data for some bizarre reason, as this app doesn’t seem to do anything.
Indispensable
Just a great app
Why no rail?
I like this app a lot, and I use it frequently to plan my routes. I haven't used it *quite* as often as I used to when I lived downtown, and it seems to have changed a little. When I choose "bus or rail," it never gives me an option that includes rail.
ADD FAVORITED BUS WIDGETS
I love this app I use it multiple times a day but I’d love to see a widget with my favoured bus lines so I Don’t have to open the app to see when it comes/ if it’s delayed or early! It makes it more convenient so I can quickly peek at it
Mostly good
Trimet, please change the app so it’s not blue on blue. It’s impossible to see what you have on app w Blue font against the blue background!
Good app
Great app. Would recommend
Unreliable arrival times
Enough said.
