Pre: BusTracker - 0.9.0 Released

Posted by Ben Childs Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:45:00 GMT

Edit: Per request of OneBusAway I am renaming this app to “Bus Tracker” so it is not confused with official OneBusAway apps. I have updated the download link below.

Download: com.bchilds.bustracker_0.9.0_all.ipk

I have released the first version of my OneBusAway front end app for the Palm Pre. It provides realtime bus arrival information for the King County transit system.

Features include:

  • list your favorite stops
  • find nearby stops
  • find stops on a map

In future releases I plan to add support for finding a stop for a specific route near your location and jumping to a specific stop number.

I have made the source code available under the MIT License here: http://svn.bchilds.com/onebusaway_pre/

Feel free to make comments below if you have any other suggestions or need help!

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  1. Darnell Keith 1 day later:

    Is there a plan to make this application “onebusaway” a full trip planner? That would be huge if i could just plan my trips on the phone instead of using the metro or soundtransit websites.

  2. Zach C 2 days later:

    I LOVE where this is headed. Keep up the awesome work! If it ends up where you envision it, this app will be one of my most-used for sure

  3. ballardelle 2 days later:

    are you planning to make this available via the Pre App Store? thanks!

  4. bchilds 3 days later:

    @Darnell: Have you tried the transit directions in Google Maps on the Pre? This works pretty well now. I may try to integrate more closely with this in the future.

    @ballardelle: I plan on making this available via Palm’s free open-source distribution method they announced recently. However this will not be available until December. I don’t currently have plans to pay the $50 fee to include the app in the App Catalog.

  5. Johnathan 3 days later:

    Is there some way to get ahold of the source for this in a single archive file? I’d like to investigate adapting this for http://ctabustracker.com in the Chicago area.

  6. John Nemesh 3 days later:

    Great application! I have been hoping for a tool like this…glad you got King County Metro first! Keep up the good work…and when your app “graduates” to the official app store I will be happy to pay whatever the asking price is. Thanks!

  7. Alex 14 days later:

    To bad this is not for Houston,tx a lot of people would download it.