Comments on: NextBus is Back and Better than Ever

By: See How Far They’ve Come » We Love DC

See How Far They’ve Come » We Love DC — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:47:30 +0000

[...] I like the shiny new buses, I think Metro’s dollars might be better spent improving NextBus service and getting more riders to use it. A new slogan won’t get me to take the bus, but knowing [...]

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:35:53 +0000

The fastest link to use from a smartphone (Blackberry, iPhone, many others) is: http://wmata.nextbus.com

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:34:59 +0000

Haven’t tried it in real life, but the web-enabled interface is pretty slick. I especially like that it tells you other buses departing from your stop in case there is overlapping service and you have a choice which bus you’d like to take.

By: shannon

shannon — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:15:08 +0000

Thanks TransitNut, that’s great news! Updated the post to add that part in.

By: TransitNut

TransitNut — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:52:03 +0000

shannon – you don’t need a web-enabled phone – you can use text messaging to get your NextBus results – check this out – http://www.nextbus.com/wirelessConfig/sms.jsp

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:27:37 +0000

I used it this morning! That damn fickle G2 always knows how to elude me between 8 and 8:30. This morning I was able to pin it’s ass down. Thank you Next Bus.