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Newsby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

San Diego transit launches mobile ticketing pilot

A mobile ticketing app that lets riders use their smartphones to purchase day passes when riding the Trolley to Chargers and Aztecs football games this season.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2013

TriMet to launch mobile ticketing app

Will be available on iPhone and Android starting Sept. 4. Riders will be the first in the nation to use a mobile ticketing app to ride both buses and trains, according to the transit system.

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Newsby StaffAugust 28, 2013

MBTA's ticketing app reaches $10M in sales, wins award

Allows riders to purchase and then display rail tickets on the smartphone’s screen as an encrypted barcode and as a human readable ticket.

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Newsby StaffAugust 28, 2013

N.Y. MTA releases 49 transit apps, allows riders to pick faves

Participants are competing for $40,000 in prize money to support the development of the apps that best help riders access the MTA’s subway, railroads, buses, bridges and tunnels.

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Newsby StaffAugust 20, 2013

Fla.'s HART introduces real-time bus app

Partnered with the Center for Urban Transportation at the University of South Florida, where the software was developed with funding from the National Center for Transit Research.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2013

New app lets commuters email Congress about transportation woes

“I’m Stuck” will allow users to immediately email their member of Congress to demand solutions to the infrastructure challenges that are keeping them from getting to their destination.

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Newsby StaffJuly 9, 2013

TriMet adds 13 transit apps

Now offers 58 free third-party apps. The transit system began releasing data to the public to create apps in 2005.

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Newsby StaffJuly 9, 2013

Texas agencies beta testing fare payment app

DART officials say it should be available in the app store and on Google Play by mid-September.

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Newsby StaffJuly 8, 2013

U. of Ariz., Tucson bus system to unveil transit app

Will let riders track Cat Tran shuttle routes beginning this fall. Additionally, the names of the routes will change from a color-coded system to identifying the area of campus the shuttle will travel.

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Newsby StaffJuly 3, 2013

MTA, Metro-North unveils Grand Central mobile app

Seamlessly integrates real-time Metro-North train status and track updates, along with the definitive guide to Grand Central’s retail, dining and event locations.

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