‘DC Metro in black and white’
courtesy of ‘pilgrimscrybe’
Thanks much to the guys at Echo Ditto, the iPhone-optimized Metro Train site is back in action. If you’ve got an iPhone, you can now get live train locations through the website, which is great news for above-ground folks. Just wait until October when AT&T comes to the Metro. That’ll be a great day.
Tom Bridge: Tom Bridge moved to the DC area in 2000 and hasn't looked back. Well, once. But it was his job that was broken, and not DC. Before founding We Love DC with several friends, Tom was the City Captain for Metroblogging DC for four years. He is a partner at Technolutionary LLC and works in computers for a living. He and his wife Tiffany live in Brookland. Read Why Tom Loves DC
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2 Responses to “Bringing Back Train Status”
July 10th, 2009 at 12:59 am
This works great on the Palm Pre too (which has coverage via Verizon roaming) in the Metro tunnels.
July 13th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
…also works great on a Blackberry Storm, which has straight-up regular Verizon coverage underground. Although, I typically use this kind of information as I’m getting close to the station to know if I should hurry or not.