For an added perk, the app also provides time and cost comparisons for taking Lyft and Ford GoBike, when the shared bike rentals are available in your area.īART (official): A very close second. That being said, it’s not perfect all the time and left one reporter stranded for 30 minutes when a scheduled bus never showed. Better time predictions made for smoother trips, less waiting between transfers and fewer missed connections. It had the best time predictions for bus and train arrivals, working equally well in the East Bay with AC Transit buses and BART, in San Francisco with MUNI, and in the South Bay with SamTrans and the VTA. And, adding private companies, such as Lyft or shared scooters, may be even further out. But, the two functions - planning your trip and paying for it - won’t be completely integrated until that app gets further upgrades in 2021 or beyond. The same app would have a trip-planning tool, said John Goodwin, an agency spokesman. It expects to debut an app for mobile Clipper card payments in 2020 that would essentially replace the physical card. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the region’s transportation planning agency, is working on something similar. We’re still waiting for the Holy Grail of apps: one that would allow you to plan your entire trip - including buses, trains, ferries, Ubers, Lyfts, shared scooters and bikes - and pay for it, all in one click. Some transit apps were developed by private companies, others by the transit agencies themselves. But this is the home of Silicon Valley, and there’s an easier way: There’s an app for that. “I said, ‘I need to find a bus,'” Longo said.Įventually, she did, Googling around a bit until she found the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s 181 express route. One $30 ride later, and she quickly realized that wasn’t going to work for regular visits. She didn’t map out her route ahead of time, assuming she’d just hail an Uber or Lyft when she got to the end of the line at Warm Springs in South Fremont.
Take political science professor Patrizia Longo of Lafayette’s experience, the first time she decided to take BART to babysit her granddaughter in San Jose. It’s not always clear where the bus goes, when the next train will come or how much the trip will cost. With more than two dozen bus, train and ferry agencies all covering different parts of the Bay Area, navigating your commute without a car - especially for first-timers - can be incredibly daunting.
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