Updated Agency: Montreal exo has been updated add support for buses, including tracking history, predictions based on past travel times and detours.
TransSee
@transsee.bsky.social
TransSee is a transit prediction Web App that supports Toronto TTC, New York MTA, LA Metro and many other agencies. https://www.transsee.ca/
An interested article on how real-time data was used to track buses being misused in Ireland. villagemagazine.ie/the-e1-2-bil...
The €1.2 billion Public Service Obligation-funded Heist - Village Magazine
How public cash funding Expressway shadow fleet has been exposed using the State’s own real-time tracking data
villagemagazine.ie
On the morning of Sat, July 18th TransSee recorded its 2,000,000,002th trip, on Austin Capital Metro route 383-Research. I've working on upgrading the identifier to a 64-bit integer before I run out of numbers.
New Agency: Brandon Transit in Manitoba is now supported in TransSee.
Exclusive Feature: Winnipeg Transit now has GPS based vehicles locations, predictions based on past travel times and tracking history.
I have added tracking for the TTC subway and some reports are available for premium users. Also Line 5 Eglinton is also available, but it is unreliable.
TransSee@transsee.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew Feature: For Toronto TTC Rapid Transit lines 1, 2 and 4 there is a new prediction source so approximate vehicle locations are available. I will work on tracking vehicle locations and generating performance reports.
New Feature: For Toronto TTC Rapid Transit lines 1, 2 and 4 there is a new prediction source so approximate vehicle locations are available. I will work on tracking vehicle locations and generating performance reports.
The TransSee Transit Time app is now available on Pebble Watches from the @repebble.com appstore. Premium is currently required for use. apps.repebble.com/transsee-tra... Based on Toronto Transit Time by Chester.
I have created a pull request to start of process of adding vehicles.txt to the GTFS standard. It adds a new file to describe the capacity, accessibility, appearance and features of individual vehicles or vehicle ranges. github.com/google/trans...
Addition of vehicles.txt to GTFS schedule by doconnoronca · Pull Request #636 · google/transit
Summary Adds new file vehicles.txt to describe the capacity, accessibility, appearance and features of individual vehicles or vehicle ranges. Describe the Problem Based on issue 458. When combined ...
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Real-time data for Toronto @ttchelps.bsky.social is currently down. The Bus Time site is not responding.
You can now select your preferred language for alert messages in the settings. It will use your browser language setting by default.
New Feature: TransSee now has "Only" links on the Route Vehicles and Fleet Search pages, which show the location of only that vehicle.
New Feature: TransSee now records recently visited stops in browser local storage, allowing you to go back to them with the "Recent Stops" drop-down. If you are on a prediction page, you can add the stop to your prediction list. You can also pin stops to prevent them from being deleted.
New Feature: For Canada and the US, TransSee now gathers local precipitation from Environment Canada weather radar and uses it as a factor in predictions. The recorded values can be seen in the Trip Path pages.
New Agencies: TransSee now supports 30 new systems in British Columbia that are part of BC Transit with predictions by past travel time and vehicle tracking.
New Feature: Prediction, Route Vehicles and Fleet Search now update without reloading the page. Also the prediction page will initially load without prediction based on past travel times and then update when they are calculated.
I changed the stop schedule and route schedule pages to include all trips from midnight on the day to 7:00AM on the following day.
New Agency: TransSee now supports Irish Rail, including DART with predictions by past travel time and vehicle tracking.
New Feature: I have added more details to the trip schedule page, like total distance and average speed, as well as time, distance and speed between stops.
I have added real-time predictions for Toronto TTC Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown, but not vehicle locations and added schedules for lines 1 to 4.
The schedule for the Toronto TTC that goes into effect on February 8th, including the changes for Line 5, can be see at www.transsee.ca/routelist?a=...
I got the route vehicle locations show the correct vehicle locations for Toronto TTC but not the right branch.
TransSee@transsee.bsky.social · 6mo agoReal time data for the Toronto TTC is down. Looks like it's giving a different error this time.
Real time data for the Toronto TTC is down. Looks like it's giving a different error this time.
New Feature: TransSee will now display the pickup and drop off method or if there is no pickup or drop off for stop predictions and trip schedules.
Jay@kawarthatransiteer.bsky.social · 7mo ago@transsee.bsky.social Could you add a feature that shows pick-up and drop-off restrictions for stops (the 'pickup_type' and 'drop_off_type' fields in the stop_times.txt file) on trip schedule pages and stop predictions?
With severe weather, checking the route vehicle locations might work better than using predictions. Detected detours appear for the Toronto TTC.
TransSee is generating the real-time info screens for this facility.
RIPTA@ripta.com · 7mo agoNow Open: Passenger Amenity Building at the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center! @govdanmckee.bsky.social, the FTA, state, and municipal leaders joined RIPTA today to celebrate the opening of the building which features restrooms, seating, and real-time info screens.
New Agency: I have added Fort McMurray RMWB including predictions based on past travel time and bus tracking. www.transsee.ca/routelist?a=...
New feature: TransSee now shows unscheduled detours for the Toronto TTC detected by Transit App. Detours should appear within an hour after they go into effect. Premium users can view past schedule data to see a history of detours.
