Comments on: SpotBus

By: MichelleV.P.

MichelleV.P. — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:42:15 +0000

Tried http://www.google.com/transit. Those google maps are awesome! Now, if SpotBus could combine its intuitive smarts with those maps, we'd be spot on the music! ... Who'd need iPods?

By: Clark Williams-Derry

Clark Williams-Derry — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:34:47 +0000

Yep, BusMonster is broken because it uses the old Google Maps API. Too bad—I miss the old monster.

By: nbc

nbc — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:02:29 +0000

Again, that link: http://www.google.com/transit

By: nbc

nbc — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:01:49 +0000

The guy (Chris S) who wrote Bus Monster moved to California over a year ago, and the site hasn’t worked for several months. I imagine that the google maps API has changed and that’s what broke the site. Chris wasn’t seeing any flow from BusMonster, and since he doesn’t live here anymore and is busy with his own startups, I doubt it’ll be fixed anytime soon.Anyhow, Google Transit is better than both these things. http://www.google.com/transit

By: MichelleV.P.

MichelleV.P. — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:06:01 +0000

Thanks, Eric and Leigh, for calling attention to these useful Bus Service links. As an off-and-on Seattle tourist, I immediately tried SpotBus yesterday out of curiosity after reading this post, and had great success with it. Today I tried Bus Monster, but, alas, it's still not working at this time, either. Which just goes to show you that it's good to have both SpotBus and Bus Monster to use, since, when one link is down you can still try the other. (Ah, capitalistic competition!)I'll try-out Bus Monster another time.Cheers,Michelle