Comments on: AATA Fare Boxes Demonstrated http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/01/29/aata-fare-boxes-demonstrated/ it's like being there Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Edward Vielmetti http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/01/29/aata-fare-boxes-demonstrated/comment-page-1/#comment-9781 Edward Vielmetti Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:04:32 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=12813#comment-9781 Yet another update: the bus status messages for the 'aatabus' SMS service are now appreciably shorter, so you can probably get accurate information about every bus route except the 4. (which weighs in with 8 buses enroute right now, total of 264 characters in the status message). Yet another update: the bus status messages for the ‘aatabus’ SMS service are now appreciably shorter, so you can probably get accurate information about every bus route except the 4. (which weighs in with 8 buses enroute right now, total of 264 characters in the status message).

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/01/29/aata-fare-boxes-demonstrated/comment-page-1/#comment-8618 Edward Vielmetti Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:00:28 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=12813#comment-8618 Note that Dug's mobile ridetrak vis SMS is not an offical project of the AATA (that does not make it less awesome); it also only sends you the first 120 characters of the bus info at the moment, so if multiple buses run on your route it will miss some of them. Note that Dug’s mobile ridetrak vis SMS is not an offical project of the AATA (that does not make it less awesome); it also only sends you the first 120 characters of the bus info at the moment, so if multiple buses run on your route it will miss some of them.

]]> By: Dug Song http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/01/29/aata-fare-boxes-demonstrated/comment-page-1/#comment-8605 Dug Song Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:12:30 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=12813#comment-8605 Hmmm, RFID... <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/dugsong/3237536195/in/set-72157613102873277/" rel="nofollow">Link to Flickr</a> Also, text 'aatabus 2' (or any other route number) to 41411 for real-time AATA Mobile RideTrak via SMS (no data plan required :-) Hmmm, RFID…

Link to Flickr

Also, text ‘aatabus 2′ (or any other route number) to 41411 for real-time AATA Mobile RideTrak via SMS (no data plan required :-)

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