tapbug / cutransit

An iOS app to get bus service information in Champaign-Urbana.

CU Transit

CU Transit is an iOS application to get important information about bus service in Champaign-Urbana area.

Main features:

• Find nearby bus stops
• Check bus departure times
• Track bus location
• Find directions
• Offline maps and schedules
• Bookmarks

Website: http://jitouch.com/cutransit

Getting Started

To run CU Transit on an iOS simulator:

1. Install Xcode 4.5 or newer.
2. Get an API Key from http://developer.cumtd.com/
3. (Optional, but recommended) Go to https://code.google.com/apis/console and request a key for Places API.
4. Rename config.sample.h to config.h. Then configure the file.
5. Run the application.

Overview

The application consists of four tabs: Stops, Trip Planner, Bookmarks, and Routes. The following are their class names and what they typically contain in their navigation stacks.

1. StopsController > StopController > DepartureController
2. PlannerController > ItineraryController
3. BookmarksController > StopController
4. RoutesController > RouteController

In the first tab, a typical workflow is that the user finds a bus stop on the map, taps the bus stop to go to the information page (StopController), and then selects the "Departures" tab to see incoming buses. The user can then tap a bus's name to see its current location on a map (DepartureController).

To-do

• Update the routes database. The routes information is extracted manually from CUMTD's maps & schedules book PDF. The current data in the app are out of date. It would be much better if we could automate the process.

License

CU Transit is available under the MIT license.