Hi Esther, I was pleasantly surprised that HopStop includes my city, relatively small as it is, of Albany, New York. When I chose it Albany was the last city in the alphabetical list, at the time, it was 81 cities. Les On Jul 28, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote:
> 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. -- 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/. 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