* I have stopped updating this application, since I decided to focus on the general version of the application, UniBus.Better functions would be found in UniBus, including:
- Transit information for different cities.
- Full text search for stops/routes.
- Better nearby stop search.
- Whole-day schedule display.
- Offline viewing support.
- And more to come.
Introduction
iBus-Portland is an application that estimates the upcoming bus arrivals for given stops in Portland area. Making of this application is interesting in the fact that I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada and the application is only for locals in Portland, OR, USA. Thank Google Transit Feed and Trimet for making the transit data public. Even better, Trimet has been providing a web service for developers.
Feature
- Search for upcoming buses at given stops;
- Search for bus stops near current location, and show all upcoming buses;
- Bookmark buses and bus-stops;
- Show exactly on the map where a specified bus stop is;
Search for given bus stops
- In search results, tap the plus sign to add the bus into Favorite list;
- To search for multiple stops, separate stops with ";" or ",". e.g. 2;1002;
- Tap on the first row to view the stop on map;
- Multi-touch is supported in map browsing, and triple-tap brings current stop to the center.
Search for nearby bus stops
- To set the search parameters, goto Settings page.
Bookmark buses/bus-stops
- On above results, tap the plus sign to store a bus to the Favorite list.
- Tap the minus sign to remove a bus from the Favorite list.
