samvermette

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by samvermette 10y ago
Only reason we were able to deploy this quickly is because of the 2 pilots we've been successfully running for the past 3 weeks.
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by samvermette 10y ago
Calendar to show a "Show Upcoming Events" option in the search. If you don't tap it we don't access it. Photos to allow installing the app on an SD card (popular request). Identity to use your name in the Send Feedback o
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by samvermette 10y ago
You're only going to get accurate departure times if someone else is using GO on that bus/train you're waiting for!
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by samvermette 10y ago
Those 2 cities is where we've been piloting crowdsourcing. The app itself works in 125 metro areas.
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How we saved Baltimore $600,000 in one day(medium.com)
7 points by samvermette 12y ago|0 comments
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Bringing Transit to Nairobi's Streets(medium.com)
46 points by samvermette 12y ago|10 comments
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by samvermette 13y ago
That's good to know for when we launch Tokyo, thank you.
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by samvermette 13y ago
Definitely not in the top 5, not sure why he said that...
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by samvermette 13y ago
Nice typo right?
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The Transit App now free with vehicle locations(thetransitapp.com)
29 points by samvermette 13y ago|4 comments
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by samvermette 14y ago
Flash website; must be a scam.
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by samvermette 14y ago
All excellent points. You're right we should have put more thoughts into our city roadmap. We basically looked up US city metro populations and went with that (how terrible, I know). With all the traffic and feedback we get now, it has beco
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by samvermette 14y ago
It only uses foursquare for suggestions. Read up my comment above that explains how it works.
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by samvermette 14y ago
Not sure what's you're referring to here. Maybe it's your local rendering engine... Screenshot please?
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by samvermette 14y ago
Haha, yeah probably canadian myopia. I think it's because we had a couple requests for Austin a while ago so we decided to do it. But with all the requests we're getting now, it's much more clear which cities need to be added next (Seattle,
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by samvermette 14y ago
Thanks for the technical precisions re: address geocoding in NYC. Right now, tapping the return key will try finding an exact match of what you entered on Foursquare. If it fails, it will fall back to the geocoder and then proceed immediate
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by samvermette 14y ago
Someday... but first we want to cover solid grounds in US and Canada.
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by samvermette 14y ago
I agree. It's also a problem for Victoria and Kelowna in BC, which are both listed under Vancouver. We need to find a way to better communicate this information in the near future. Maybe something like a search or use the browser's geolocat
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by samvermette 14y ago
You'd be surprised at how ugly the data we get provided is. The "curating" is actually much of the work we do. We probably spent as much time developing internal tools that clean and improve that data that on the app itself. Server costs an
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by samvermette 14y ago
Yeah, like Jarek said. A bunch of very small agencies in cities close to Montreal, but not far/big enough to give them a "dedicated" city page/bundle...
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by samvermette 14y ago
As a workaround, you can drop a pin anywhere on the map with a long tap.
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by samvermette 14y ago
We haven't. You're right that some help on the business side of things wouldn't hurt. With the iOS 6 launch though, Apple is pretty much taking care of the marketing end. Not sure what else could VCs bring us... (maybe that's just me being
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by samvermette 14y ago
We do, at least for the cities we plan on supporting very soon: http://thetransitapp.com/support
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by samvermette 14y ago
Servers and app maintenance has recurring fees. Taking public transportation itself is based on a pay-per-use model. Why assume that paying 2.99$ for an app entitles you to free lifetime updates and support? A lot of apps do it, but more an
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by samvermette 14y ago
I agree this needs to be improved. The problem is with Apple's geocoder, which seems to be really dumb at finding addresses. We would like to use Google Geocoding Service instead, but they don't allow it if we don't display the results on a
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by samvermette 14y ago
Indeed, we're getting ridiculous amounts of bad reviews re: our pricing model. People were used to getting transit direction for free in iOS 5, so there's a lot of angry people out there. Some people suggest we should get VC money and make