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Originally Posted by Rathji
This would be awesome.
What I have always wanted, and maybe this already exists in some form, is the ability to save multiple stops/paths and be able to access real time information (or just the scheduling information) for those stops/paths.
For example: I get on the 302 in the morning at the MacKenzie Towne stop. I take that bus to the same stop downtown every day.
I would like to be able to save that route so I can name it "Going to work" and it will tell me when I need to be at the bus stop and when it will get to my destination. This would let me program the 4 - 6 routes I normally use.
Then I could easily figure out things like : Should I take the 302 or the 117 at a given time of the day? When I am going to be home from work so the wife can plan dinner, which bus I need to get on in order to get to my class in time, When I need to leave work to avoid having to wait 25 mins for a bus during non-rush hour times.
As it stands now, I need to have a list of bus stop numbers saved into my phone, and either call teleride or go through the cumbersome process on CT website or the slightly streamlined Google maps process.
Am I asking for too much, or does something like this already exist?
Edit: Does CT have an API to allow external developers to access route data like this? Would take much for me to code up something for my own personal use if it did.
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Not sure what kind of phone you have, but on Android you can create a shortcut that has directions. So for example I have a Go Home shortcut that will give me transit directions from my current location home via transit. You could also do a Go To Work shortcut as well.