Hi, I'll just add that you should explore your points of interest with HopStop. It was originally developed as a web site transit interface for the New York City area, then spread to include other metropolitan areas, and then was released as an iPhone app. (There's also an iPad version, but I think it uses the extra screen real estate for map information, so the iPhone version is likely to be more useful to run on the iPad.) So the examples of points of interest may vary for your area, but are quite likely to cover local destinations you'll find useful.
There are more cities covered by the web site HopStop.com, and for the first year or so after the app was launched I found that the HopStop web site had more/better options than the app (on the few times that I checked it, since my city wasn't covered until later). Someone reported accessibility issues with the web site at the end of last year. When I checked then, that was true -- for certain options you could only select options from what appeared to be a section of the list -- maybe what corresponded to the visually displayed list without scrolling. I don't know whether this is still true, because the original web site was pretty accessible in previous years. One other feature that makes HopStop useful is that it can give integrated route planning with other regional rail lines and other transport options (taxi, etc.) Since Tom also posted (further down this thread) about using HopStop, I'll provide a tip that when you want to extend the area of your route planning and need to specify an address, it can be helpful to type in a postal code as well for a destination. When it looks for an address in a local area, there's no problem with which location you mean, but in some instances the same street can run well outside your local area, or there can be a similarly named street and you will be asked to select the one you want. Tom once had a question about route planning from some point way outside of Los Angeles, and it turned out that you could get HopStop to give you a route if you added the zip code to the end of that address, but treated it otherwise as though it was just in the selected Los Angeles region, except for changing options to include regional rail in addition to other modes of transportation. Here's the URL at the App Store for HopStop: • HopStop for iPhone (free) by HopStop.com http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hopstop-for-iphone-subway/id303217144?mt=8 HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 28, 2012, at 1:50 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > Hi, > > To add to what esther said, when we were in New York, we used destinations > like Empire State Building, Penn Station, and battery Park, and it worked > fine, so many points of interest are included. It's a great app. > > Best, > Anna > > > > On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hello David and Others, >> >> You don't need to put in an exact street address for HopStop -- a street >> intersection will work like "University Ave. & 4 St." I've also entered the >> name of a shopping center as a destination and had this recognized. Also, >> since you can choose addresses from your contacts for the start and stop >> points of your trip, you could always search for a destination in AroundMe, >> Where To?, the yellow pages app, etc. and add the result address to your >> contacts for navigation purposes. And "current location" is, of course, one >> of the options for the starting point, so you don't need to type in your >> address here. You can also use it to check routes for travel at a different >> time, if you want to find out about return trip options and connections. >> >> There are a lot of place specific transit apps. For example, many U.S. >> cities (not mine), have NextBus. And there are different accessible transit >> apps for the UK and Europe. (For the record, HopStop does include cities >> like London, Paris, etc., and as far as I could check it appears to work for >> these routes. You have to spell out some names to avoid confusion, like >> "Blvd Saint Michel" and not use the abbreviation of "St." for "Saint" which >> could be confused with the abbreviation for "Street", if this makes sense.) >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Jul 27, 2012, at 2:56 PM, David wrote: >> >>> I would recommend HopStop. HopStop is a trip planner covering 86cities, and >>> counting. It is nice, because you are able to see about how often your bus >>> or train is running, as it gives you the departure of the next 3 vehicles. >>> Also, if you do not like the bus or train it gives you, you can reroute >>> each segment of the trip. The downside to this app is that it requires you >>> to have an exact address, and the napping features are of course >>> inaccessible. Otherwise, this is a great all in one app that should suit >>> most of your needs. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:39 PM, "Chris Judd" <chrischas0...@charter.net> wrote: >>> >>>> I was wonderingif anyone knows of any transit apps? >>>> It can be anything, bus, train, etc. >>>> I was just wondering. >>>> Chris >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
