Given the fact that the MTA doesn’t offer its new bus tracker in app form, that could be a significant development for riders. The team at Transit App, a Montreal-based company that provides real-time data for transportation in 89 markets, used the MTA data to improve its Baltimore offerings, which, according to the company’s own figures, already reach more than 20,000 users. Now Baltimore has a functional example of what he’s talking about. “There are apps out there that are fully-functional and robust, and are ready to start serving the needs of transit riders,” Whong said Tuesday. When he started tackling the Maryland Transit Administration’s recently released bus tracking program, civic hacker Chris Whong said the project confirmed his belief that public agencies should focus on honing data and making it available to the public instead of building products.
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