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May bank holiday date change for 2020
Last year the government announced that the early May bank holiday in 2020 will move from Monday 4th May to Friday 8th May to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. This is only the second time ever that the early May bank holiday has been moved, with the first occurrence in 1995 to mark…
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Improved asset download buttons
We’ve made improvements to download buttons for line assets on Timetable pages. Improved labels On websites where linked lines are displayed as one page, we will show asset downloads with a title that includes every linked line. On websites where linked lines are displayed on separate pages, the label remains the same and displays the…
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Improved gift code information in Passenger Cloud
We’ve updated Passenger Cloud to make it easier to see information about gift code purchases and investigate customer’s enquiries. Who the code was sent to When viewing a gift code, you can now see the email address that the gift code was sent to. This is listed as Code Sent To. This is useful for…
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Passenger Cloud dynamic updates for DfT’s new Bus Open Data Service
Passenger Cloud now dynamically updates a new ‘Current data’ URL that can be used for the DfT’s new Bus Open Data Service (BODS). The new service was launched on 29th January 2020 and over the next year, will become the home of bus operator data on the web. Following the passing of the Bus Services…
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Isochrone preview of network data
Passenger Cloud now supports previewing networks via an isochrone.
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Postponing network datasets in Passenger Cloud
The TransXChange data that is exported to Passenger Cloud is used to determine the date that a dataset will be effective from, and the date the dataset will be effective until. We have seen some specific use cases where it would be useful to be able to alter the date that a dataset is effective…
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Active Travel on web
With millions of fitness trackers and smartwatches in use the length and breadth of the UK, people are more conscious than ever of reaching our recommended 10,000 daily steps. For bus operators, ‘Active travel’ is a great opportunity to tap into this national narrative. Public transport has a huge part to play because every journey…
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Contextual service updates for stops on web
We’ve added service update alerts to the Explore map and Stop Departure pages, bringing websites in line with Passenger apps. Users can now see if there are any alerts affecting a stop or the lines that serve it. They can click through to see full details of all the alerts affecting a stop.
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Francis – Dark mode
The Francis app release brings a dramatic new Dark Mode to users devices. As well as an aesthetic choice for smartphone users, the new setting brings accessibility and power-saving improvements alongside the potential to feel safer in the dark.
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Access to app analytics is changing
What’s changing? The way you access mobile app usage stats is changing. Google is removing support for mobile apps in Google Analytics and is replacing it with the new Firebase analytics platform. We updated both the iOS and Android mobile apps to support the new Firebase platform in June 2019. So, for the last few…
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