Dear friends, users of the Android system!

Today I will introduce you to an application that will save you from the uncertainty of waiting for a city public transport at the bus stop. You probably often had to stand at a bus stop, waiting for the right transport and cursing the discrepancy between the posted schedule and reality. In today's usual traffic jams in big cities, it is difficult to count on the accuracy of arrival on schedule.

There is an exit. If you are the owner of a smartphone with Internet access, then with the help of a good free Yandex.Transport program, you can at any time see on the map at your current location (however, if necessary, also in any other) the real traffic situation on the approaches to your stop.

Application on opening determines your location and when you click on the arrow in the lower left corner, it centers the map on it.

On the map in real time appear moving marks buses, trolleybuses, trams, indicating the route number and direction of movement. Using these marks, you can roughly determine whether the necessary transport is on the way, how long you still have to wait for it and decide whether it is worth finding alternative options. There is a filter with which you can leave on the map only the route you need.

At click on the stop icon you get a list of all routes that stop there. When you press to the transport label you get its end stops.

In my experience, the accuracy of the display of the real position is not ideal, but still very decent. The time error is no more than 1-2 minutes. It is only necessary to take into account that, of course, only vehicles equipped with a navigation system are displayed, and there are more and more of them.

You can also map traffic jam information from the Yandex.Traffic service by clicking on the traffic light at the top left.

In short, very handy application, rescued more than once. Naturally, it requires an Internet connection to work.

An application that will allow Muscovites to receive information about the arrival time of a bus, trolleybus or tram at a particular stop will be introduced in the next two months.

Deputy Mayor of Moscow for transport and the development of the road infrastructure of the city of Moscow Maxim Liksutov said that specialists are currently developing special application for mobile phones, Interfax reports.

The mobile application will allow you to find out the arrival time of the desired bus, trolleybus or tram. In the service, among other things, there will be a function for calculating the travel time from the user's location to the stop of the transport. With its help, the program will be able to notify the passenger when he needs to leave the house in order to catch his bus. The app is currently undergoing final testing.

Maxim Liksutov added that the department has already formed a new transport network. It was created in such a way that the nearest public transport stop from anywhere in the city was no longer than seven or eight minutes on foot. The new routes will be introduced in early 2014.

Meanwhile, there are now a number of useful websites and applications that help residents of the capital easily move around the city.

On the Rusavtobus website, you can enter the addresses, where you are going from and where you are going, the time, what time you are leaving, and the types of transport you need. The whole path will be laid out on the map, and below it will be written what transport you need to use, how many meters you need to walk and even what the cost of a taxi will be if you still prefer to go by car.

The official interactive map of the Moscow Metro will show you how to get from one station to another and how long it will take.

On the official website of Russian Railways, you can find out which train, how much time and at what price you can get from point A to point B on the specified date.

The Wiki Routes website will draw a given route on the map, tell you which bus you need to get on and at which stop to get off, and calculate how many meters you need to walk.

The Mostransavto website will tell you in detail about the public transport routes of the Moscow region - just enter the name of the stop or the route number.

Yandex.Schedules will offer routes for planes, trains, electric trains and buses if you want to get out of the city.

From free apps very functional "Transport of Moscow": you can get a car route, find out where the parking lots, traffic cameras, gas stations with the "right" and "wrong" fuel are located, check whether the taxi is legally operating, see your fines, send a message to the owner of the car, blocking the exit. The application also contains information about the rules traffic, fines and violations, fares on public transport and even the latest transport news. Among other things, the application allows you to check if your car has been evacuated. Available for iOS, Android and Windows phone.

The useful iWhereBus application will advise you on which transport to choose for your route, and even be able to determine from the photo which bus stop you are at. In addition, the application works offline, so it will not stop working if there are communication interruptions. The developers warn that the application can quickly discharge the device. iOS only.

With the help of the Moscow Parking app, Moscow motorists can find out where they can leave their car and how to get to the desired parking lot. You can also pay for parking directly from the application. Available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

"Yandex.Taxi" is one of the most convenient for ordering a taxi: you can select the desired taxi fleet and price category, warn the driver that you will need a child seat, see the called car on the map and much more. By SMS, you will be notified when the driver will be there and how much the cost of the trip was. Available for iOS, Windows Phone and Android.

MosParking is a good "parking" application that will show on a map or in a simple list all paid and free parking lots near your location and provide all the information about each of them.

The Metropolitan application will determine which metro station is closest to your location, just in case, it will show how many meters other stations are removed, draw the route on the map and calculate how many minutes the journey will take. iOS only.

Do you think it would be faster to take a bus or a car? I have it parked in the yard, but now it’s on the roads ... - an elderly lady turned to us, who were waiting for the bus.

Better by bus!

How soon will he be? It's so good at Suvorovsky - there are information boards and you can immediately see how long to wait, but here there are no such boards.

Now let's see - the husband took out a smartphone, launched the Yandex.Transport application and encouraged. - After 7 minutes, the bus is on its way to us.

O! I also have a smartphone, can I watch too? - interested lady.

Oh sure.

The desire to know when the right transport will arrive is quite understandable even on warm days - it is easier to make a decision. After all, what makes the center of St. Petersburg so good is that it’s faster to get to many places on foot than to wait first and then go by bus / trolleybus / tram.

In order to solve the problem of informing Petersburgers GKU "Organizer of transportation" launched a project to equip stops with information boards.

Interactive information desks have been installed at major bus stops.

"On the touch screen you can get information about the time of arrival of transport at the nearest stops and routes, use an interactive metro map with the ability to calculate the travel time from one metro station to another. In addition, on the screen you can get general information about public transport, fares, types of travel tickets, emergency phone numbers, get acquainted with tourist information (provided by the city's tourist information office), etc.”

By the way, they help not only find a bus, but also charge a smartphone.

See where at this moment the necessary transport is located and how in general you can get in the city from point “A” to point “B” without using the metro, a special section on the city transport portal helps. The section is still working in test mode and it is most convenient to search by route number.

Let's say we need 10 trolleybuses. Select, click - search. We get a link by which you can both see the location on the map (marked in green), and a list of all stops.

You can also call the information and reference service at 576-55-55. But to be honest, I haven't tried this.

The easiest way so far, as I already wrote above, is the Yandex.Transport application. You need to select your location, mode of transport and flight number. Of course, there is some error in displaying the movement of the same bus. On the map, he has already turned, but in reality he is still standing at the crossroads. However, 30-50 seconds is not a very fundamental difference for a waiting passenger.

22.03.2017

Thanks to the widespread introduction of GPS and GLONASS technologies in the civilian sector, anyone can track not only their location, but also the movement of public transport (the only exception is the subway).

Special applications for smartphones and computers allow you to track the movement of buses and minibuses in Moscow online. True, sometimes the readings can be a little inaccurate.

Application list

Using one of the presented services, you can track traffic in real time:

• Yandex.Transport is an application for smartphones running Android and iOS. Installation on a computer is possible only with the help of a special emulator. You can download from Play market or AppStore.
• TransNavi website - allows you to track the movement of public transport within Moscow and the region online, from any device. The site is still in test mode, so sometimes it can give some failures.
• 2GIS is another application for computers and smartphones that allows you to find out the time when the desired bus / trolleybus / minibus will come to a stop.

Method 1: using Yandex.Transport

Step-by-step instructions for working with the application:

Method 2: use the official website Navitrans.Info

On this site, you can also track the desired vehicle, find a stop and get directions. Works only within Moscow and the Region. Instruction:

Method 3: 2GIS

This app is available for both smartphones and PCs. It is possible to work offline (without a network connection), but to track traffic then you will need to connect to a GPS or GLONASS network. In fact, it is not the bus that is tracked, but the time when it comes to the specified stop is calculated. This function may work with some interruptions (it works best in Ufa and Nizhny Novgorod).

To use this feature, click on the desired stop. A pop-up window will indicate the buses that stop on it. Estimated time of arrival will be written opposite the bus number.

Tracking the movement of the bus on the territory of Moscow and the Region is not difficult. You can use this feature both from a smartphone and from a stationary PC that is connected to the Internet.

Every week, Look At Me highlights one notable app that is changing the way we think about mobile interfaces, and deals with what is behind the icon in App Store- ideas, technologies, developers. In the new issue - a conversation with the creators of the eTransport application, which allows you to track the movement of urban public transport.

The ETransport application finds stops closest to the user and displays the direction of movement on them. It is enough to select the desired stop, and the application will calculate in how many minutes this or that public transport will arrive.

ETransport provides users with the ability to create their own list of favorite stops and routes, so that they don't have to search again for the ones they use most often.

A tab with a list of favorite stops and routes can be made home- this will simplify the process of using the application.

The eTransport application also stores in memory the last few stops and routes viewed by the user.

The movement of public transport in the application can be tracked both on an interactive map, and according to the list with information about arrival time and distance.

The free ETransport application collects information about the location of public transport equipped with GLONASS sensors and calculates the time of arrival of buses, trolleybuses and trams at a specific stop. The application automatically determines the user's location and prompts him to select one of the nearest stops on an interactive map. Further on the screen, the list displays the routes and the time after which one or another public transport will arrive at the stop. Thanks to this, you can save time and correctly plan your route. Also in the ETransport application there is a function to save favorite stops and the ability to view the history of your movements.

“When we were students and just starting our small business- a mobile application development firm - we needed an interesting project for our portfolio. wanted to come to potential client and say: “Do you know Etransport? This is what we did!” That is, initially it was a kind of side-project, but in the end it was he who attracted new customers.

The very principle of the application is quite simple - ETransport determines the user's location and offers to select the nearest transport stops on an interactive map, and then shows the approaching transport and the time after which it will arrive at the stop. The biggest problem with launching ETransport is negotiating with city authorities the right to access specific location data for all public transport units. In my opinion, this is strange - after all, a convenient service that we create for citizens plays into the hands of any government. Moreover, this is simply wrong - such data cannot be hidden, they must be in open access. In this regard, Peter is at the forefront: the authorities there not only opened this data to everyone, but also encourage the developers of such projects (but ETransport is currently considered the best in terms of functionality). In about 40 more cities, no one hides the location data of transport, but in Moscow they are practically classified.

In the coming month, we will launch ETransport in 11 more cities in Russia, but so far I cannot disclose information about which cities are included in this list. I think their residents will definitely not miss this event. In Moscow, for example, in the first four days we attracted more than 40,000 users. Unfortunately, not everyone noticed that Moscow (as well as St. Petersburg, by the way) is still in beta testing, and there are still many stops and routes in the application, and the information about the location of transport itself may differ from the real situation.

Promo video ETransport

In the future, we will definitely add a point-to-point route building function to the application, as well as the ability to calculate travel time and even warn your friends about how many minutes you will arrive. We will also remind users in advance that it is time to leave the house so as not to miss your tram, otherwise the next one will not arrive soon. We will pay more attention to ensuring that users can communicate with each other, choose the “King of the Roads” or the “Stop Mayor”. We want people to share valuable information with each other (for example, that there is control on the line) and discuss various things like rude drivers and singing conductors.

There are five people in our team. I studied at Gorky Ural State University, where I met Maxim Rovkin, our Android developer. He brought an incredible server-man Pasha Dik to our team - on the eve of the most difficult test of all time, he worked all night to ensure that in Moscow our application launched on time and without problems. It's funny, but we first met our iOS developer Egor Eremeev live after the release of the first version of ETransport. Egor and Max met when they took the exam in different cities(Egor - in Naberezhnye Chelny, and Maxim - in Yekaterinburg), but with the same zeal they solved tests for the Far East. Designer Pasha Osipkin found us himself - in January 2013, we received a letter from him in the mail, saying that your application is excellent, but the design is shit. So Pasha became part of our team, which we are still incredibly happy about.”