TransSee is a web application that provides
real-time bus tracking and next vehicle predictions to a
growing list of transit agencies, including most of North
America's largest systems, New York MTA, LA Metro,
Chicago CTA and TransSee's home system the Toronto TTC.
TransSee is a web application that runs on any browser, so
it supports all smartphones, past (including
BlackBerry and Windows Phones), present and future,
as well as any other device with a web browser from Macs and
PCs to smart TVs. It even works on SwatchWatch browsers.
Its unique set of features include:
- Lean efficient HTML that is quick to load and requires little bandwidth.
- Respects user privacy by not loading data from third party websites, except Google Ads (disabled for premium users), and only logging summary statistics.
- Choose stops from a map or by an ordered stop list.
- See predictions for any set of stops you choose. Additional stops can be added with the "Add stop" link.
- Dynamic route list based on currently operating routes.
- Can send an email or web notification when a vehicle will be arriving in the selected time. For web notification, the prediction is automatically updated. Must be enabled first.
- Can generate its own predictions based on the actual historic travel times, rather than just based on the adjusted scheduled time.
- Can generate a prediction range, so you know when you should be there to not miss the bus as well as the latest time you may still be able to catch it.
- Provides an estimate of the load based on the actual time between vehicles compared to the scheduled time. Real time vehicle load is displayed where available.
- Set a destination stop to show only vehicles that will reach there and sort prediction by which vehicle is expected to arrive there first.
- Provides schedules by stop, route and trip.
- Many settings to customize what information is displayed.
- Vehicle real time locations by route or fleet number, including out of service vehicles.
- Costs CAN$20 for six months, CAN$12 for three months or CAN$2 for a one week to try it out. Two weeks free Premium for Tidbyt owners
- Remove ads and Google tracking.
- Search for up to 1000 vehicles at a time in fleet search.
- Predictions for Tidbyt digital displays. Learn more about how to set it up here.
- Access to vehicle tracking history going back years including schedule adherence, trips by route or vehicle and individual trip traces. I can run custom queries (limits apply).
- Reports and charts that let you identify transit problems at a glance.
Tips
- Store commonly used stops or stop groups in your browser bookmarks or add them to your Home screen
- Links for a bookmarkable version of Stops near me by GPS and the Near Stop Map that you can add to your home screen.
- Type the name of a previous viewed stops or routes in your browser url box and the link should come up
Features that can be activated in the settings
- Gap times and scheduled headways between vehicles
- Vehicle run number
- Current, past and future schedules for a vehicle
- Geo URI with Latitude and Longitude for stops and vehicles
- Show the scheduled first stop of the trip
Paid Options ($CAN)
- Incorporate your unblockable ads sitewide or target ads down to a single stop.
- Add a transit agency with a supported API (such as GTFS-RT) for $20 (includes 6-month premium user)
- Add a transit agency with an API that TransSee doesn't currently support for $100 (includes 2-year premium user). A source of data with real-time vehicle locations is required.
- TransSee is prepared to provide prediction or data collection and analysis services to transit agencies and researchers.
- Provide predictions and data for your app using a NextBus API compatible system or customized feed.
Feel free to email me about these options.
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