moonlog

Metro’s over-the-phone RideGuide is kinda horrible. I don’t blame them, but voice recognition is just terrible when it comes to street addresses and directions. RideGuide is just a last resort for someone who has a dumb phone and doesn’t have a bus route map.

NextBus (real-time bus arrival/departure info) via Metro’s hotline is similarly annoying. BUT I just found out that you can access the same info via texting, which is SOOOO MUCH BETTER. (I have unlimited texting whereas calling some dumb automated hotline to have it mishear every other thing I say on a noisy street is not fun.)

It also works for any transit-provider using NextBus technology, great for us smartphoneaphobes.