Category: Mobile apps
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Search for stops using plate codes
SummaryUsers can now easily search for and locate bus stops using assigned NaPTAN ‘plate codes’ with Passenger Apps, Websites, Voice, Kiosks and Cloud. BackgroundNaPTAN assigns plate codes to some stops in its database. Plate codes are identifiers that are unique to an area, which can also sometimes be found printed on bus stop signs. Plate codes usually comprise part of the…
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Live Buses Discoverability and other improvements
Live Buses improvementsFrank brings increased ‘discoverability’ to the Live Buses feature on mobile. Operators who have this module enabled will find it directly available from the Explore screen, where users can now show live buses and the routes they take without needing to choose a stop first. The improvement makes use of Favourites to reduce…
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Edna
This next update surfaces your service updates in other areas of the app where it is helpful for users.
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App service updates direct from Passenger Cloud
Currently apps rely on operator Twitter feeds for service updates. Displaying tweets in the app requires us to request them from Twitter’s API, which can be slow, especially at times of high traffic. When the weather takes a turn for the worst and everyone is trying to find out whether your services are running is one…
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Douglas – Checkout process updates
The next update to the iOS Passenger apps will remove the password confirmation step from the checkout process. Users regularly forget passwords, which prevents them from purchasing a ticket quickly. This represents a barrier to entry which results in a decrease in users completing the checkout process. By removing the password confirmation step we expect…
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Searching by postcode
Postcodes are now available to search for inside of apps and web widgets. This will help passengers find a location that they perhaps only have a postcode for. You can also use postcodes on journey plans, to plan between any combination of a stop, place, locality, postcode, or a dropped pin. Postcode datasets are normally…
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Douglas
Journey planner time consistency We’ve altered how we calculate walking duration and overall duration of journey plans on both platforms. In an effort to ensure users don’t miss their bus, we now always round times in the journey planner up to the next full minute, instead of rounding times to the nearest minute. Text input consistency (iOS only) With the feature list of…
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Charles
Accessibility Improvements (iOS only) We’ve been using the map to help users find their nearest and dearest stops for a while now. Maps aren’t the most accessible way for some users to navigate so we’ve built a stop list to help with that. The stop list only appears when voice over is enabled on iOS…
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Bob
Journey redesign and times We have improved the journey screen, accessible through departure boards. Tabs at the top have been removed and the new screen has split map/list view. Journey times have been re-added to the list. These times are based on the timetable, and as such, might not always represent the true position of…
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Ada
New map icons We have added new map icons. The new icons are pin style and show the exact point of the stop location, which can be useful in some cases where increased accuracy is needed to distinguish between stops. Where bearings data is available, the direction of the stop is also shown as part…