Hazel WeaklyPublic transit apps should come with an option note. Like “hey so the transfer is a 12 minute wait but if you think you can make it and you don’t walk like a lil bitch you can try to make the one in 4 minutes. Good luck have fun bestie”
paramilitary organizer@hazelweakly STRONGLY AGREE
Ken Butler@hazelweakly not quite that, but the Transit app does have "hurry up" if you "go" for a bus that it thinks you can't walk to in time.
aburka 🫣@nxskok @hazelweakly Transit also lets you configure how fast you think you can walk, which influences which connections it considers feasible
SnoopJ @ #PyConUS@nxskok @hazelweakly Transit also allows you to set travel speeds for each individual travel mode. For walking you get a choice of 1, 2, 2.7, 3.1, 4 mph.
@SnoopJ @hazelweakly I didn't know this!
AdrianC@adrianc I got it by clicking my avatar and then "on the sidewalk", and then it was the second one (below "prioritize walking"). I expected it to be in "settings and accessibility", which it isn't, but I made sure to check "use metric system" in there.
Where I am, we have longer-distance buses and trains called Go Transit, so the app saying "ride with GO" was confusing at first.
recursive 🏳️🌈@nxskok @hazelweakly Also, notably it lets you scroll the list of departures in an itinerary to the left to see the ones you've missed, or which it thinks you will miss
Drew Scott Daniels@hazelweakly there should be a lot more standardization. All this public money could create a lot of valuable open source.
I’m frustrated by my city’s push to more advanced apps that make it harder to predict when the bus will actually arrive because the underlying timing data doesn’t adjust properly for delays (uneven smoothing). The underlying data could use some work too as it doesn’t get changed even when the route has major detours.
I’m frustrated by my city’s push to more advanced apps that make it harder to predict when the bus will actually arrive because the underlying timing data doesn’t adjust properly for delays (uneven smoothing). The underlying data could use some work too as it doesn’t get changed even when the route has major detours.
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"SBB Mobile" used to have the feature to opt for shorter transfer times. Meanwhile they killed it with an update, you can only extend it now. Of course you can still catch unofficial connections (I do that almost daily, also today...changed trains within 3 minutes instead of the official minimum of 4 min, with a stroller).
"SBB Mobile" used to have the feature to opt for shorter transfer times. Meanwhile they killed it with an update, you can only extend it now. Of course you can still catch unofficial connections (I do that almost daily, also today...changed trains within 3 minutes instead of the official minimum of 4 min, with a stroller).
Dr Emma Kate WardCitymapper doesn't have exactly this, but when you've chosen a route with a specific connection, it does show the few connecting options before the recommended one and the few after, so you can see if there's a chance.
What I also really want is an option like "hey so we suggested this journey because in theory it's the fastest, but we see that you've been delayed for a while so now it would be quicker to change route completely, quick get out!"
@emma_cogdev yessss the options for dealing with delays are really lacking, it would be a life saver
Morten@hazelweakly Google Maps famous for having you walk a 6 minute detour when the bus stops right in front of the train platform.
Google when ferries literally have their schedule set so people can connect with the train: Computer says no.
Google when ferries literally have their schedule set so people can connect with the train: Computer says no.
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@drgroftehauge @hazelweakly Google maps will also suggest slow extra legs via transit because it’s made by Americans that think you’d never walk a kilometre*, even if it would save you 30 minutes.
* Don’t know the exact length they think people won’t walk.