MetroRappid for Android

On the Google Play store by the end of the week. Abandoned in favor of MetroRappid.com. Source at github.com/luqmaan/MetroRappid

MetroRappid for Android (winner of ATX Hack For Change) launched, but had problems working with the Google Maps API. 😿 We ended up taking it down from the Play Market and began working on a more open solution, and so was born github.com/luqmaan/MetroRappid.

Problem

• People don't ride the bus because it can seem unreliable: buses arrive anytime from 10 minutes before their scheduled time to 20 minutes after
• The solution to that is real-time data
• But if the real-time data is hard to access, people won't use it
• The MetroRapid (801) and MetroRail (550) routes have real-time data
• Only CapMetro's official app have access to that real-time data
• But, CapMetro's app is hard to use. See CapMetroApp: When should I take the bus home?

##Solution

We reverse engineered CapMetro's app to find out how they were getting real-time data. Then we documented the hidden/secret CapMetro API. We then used that API and built an Android app that shows real-time arrivals for MetroRapid and MetroRail, really quickly.

Step 1. Select A Route And Direction

Step 2. MetroRappid automatically finds the nearest stop and vehicle

Step 3. Get on the bus

Team

• https://github.com/sethgho
• https://github.com/luqmaan
• https://github.com/scasketta
• https://github.com/johntyree
• https://github.com/caskman

Get MetroRappid for Android

Download it on the Google Play store at (soon).