Mobile Website Provides Metro Station Info for DC Area
August 25th, 2008 MobileFreak
If you live in Washington DC, or are visiting the nation’s capital for any length of time, you’ll want to know where to catch the nearest Metro station (DC’s version of the subway).
Now you can do that straight from your iPhone or other mobile device, thanks to the good folks at Meenster. This simple, but useful mobile website allows users to view Metro station address information, including a link to the location on Google Maps.
Users simply select the Metro line they’ll be riding on, then click on any station to view the street address. One suggestion we have is to let users select their destination (by landmark, address, etc.), then have the tool display the closest Metro Station. I’d imagine that type of functionality is on their list somewhere, so we’ll have to keep an eye on it.
What about your city? Do you know of any mobile websites focused on public transit in your area? If so, go ahead and share your insight in a comment.
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Two others I use around San Francisco Bay Area are http://Amtrak.mobi and http://BART.mobi
Excellent - good stuff Paul.
Also don’t forget about Dadnab, which offers transit schedules via text message . We interviewed their founder back in October of last year (read the interview here), and their service has expanded since then.
Definitely worth checking out.
My coworker’s friend made something similar for the iPhone for the Seattle transit and metro buses. They’re so nice those bus books can be really hard to look through sometimes.