TriMet apps

TriMet apps tap into TriMet's free online databases to build programs for iPhone, Android, web and other platforms to make it easier to ride Portland's transit system. Their most common uses are for trip planning (similar to TriMet's own online trip planner), arrival times (similar to TriMet's own transit tracker) and mapping (similar to TriMet's own system map). These third-party apps typically add functions, such as mobile location-finding and graphical interfaces, that TriMet's own programs lack.

The apps are possible thanks to the agency's innovative effort to release its arrival data on the Web.

Trip planning

These are generally the most full-featured apps, telling you when the next bus or train is coming and figuring out how to get from one place to another in the TriMet system.

For Android

iTransitBuddy

Despite being listed on TriMet's apps site, iTransitBuddy does not offer a Portland version as of August 2010.

For iPhone or iPad

iTransitBuddy

Despite being listed on TriMet's apps site, iTransitBuddy does not seem to offer a Portland version as of August 2010.

Arrival information

These apps tell you when a bus or train is coming, but unlike trip planning apps they don't spell out how to get from place to place.

Mapping

These apps aren't especially interactive; instead, they just provide map information of interest to transit riders.

For web

Portland Bike to Transit Map

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Transit Maps

[2]

Transit Time Map

[3]

Transit Trips

[4]

Other tasks

These apps do other potentially neat things.

External links

• TriMet's page on external apps
• CivicApps app list
• TriMet app reviews on PortlandAfoot.org