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j-ro / BusTrackDC-old

An app for iOS and Android to find out when your Metro or Circulator bus or Metro train is coming to a stop near you, using WMATA and NextBus prediction data.
http://bustrackdc.com
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Some G2 stops not tracking #55

Closed Areia closed 10 years ago

Areia commented 10 years ago

Some Western G2 stops never show arriving buses, while nearby stops do. Stop IDs also don't match posted signs.

E.g. O St & 34th and 37th & O never work, while Dumbarton St. & Wisconsin Ave shows buses arriving.

j-ro commented 10 years ago

Yep. There are a few stops in WMATA's system that have mismatched data. The geo api that I use to find nearby stops returns a list of stop IDs that WMATA says is nearby, which I use to place pins. I then should be able to call that stop ID on the bus prediction API and get predictions for it. So the IDs between those two calls need to match. A few stops don't. This looks like another one of them.

I'll report this to WMATA and see if they fix it (though they never have in the past). You should too!

http://developer.wmata.com/contact

Areia commented 10 years ago

Well, I got a nice email back from WMATA saying they're 'aware of the problem and are working to correct it.' They're also very sorry for the inconvenience to your customers. ;)

j-ro commented 10 years ago

I got one too! Hopefully that means it'll get fixed!