PAT Track

Rectang[le]

About this app

Ever been frustrated at Pittsburgh's bus schedule? Ever get frustrated that the buses never come on time? Why not just plan your transportation around Pittsburgh, PA, based on realtime tracking!

Current Features:
• select up to 10 buses at one time
• see the the buses move on the map in realtime
• clicking on the bus will give its ETA to its next 8 stops
• see the bus stops for selected routes when zoomed in at a certain level
• clicking on stops shows ETAs to buses for all currently selected buses

Port Authority has released their realtime tracking API from this website (http://truetime.portauthority.org/bustime/home.jsp). This means that the data we relay to you is official. As of December 2015, the app now tracks 99 buses and 1 shuttle!

This app is open source: https://github.com/rectangle-dbmi/Realtime-Port-Authority/

Recent news will be posted on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PATRealtimeTracker

DISCLAIMER: We are not responsible for which buses and routes are being tracked as we are only getting the information from Port Authority. If a certain route or bus is not on our app, this is most likely not our fault but of Port Authority. If the map is empty, please report this to our Play Store email or create an issue on our Github above immediately.

Permissions:
• android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - This is required to Center the App's location on you.
• android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION (App will ask permission for this in Android M)- Same deal as above but with more accuracy.
• android.permission.INTERNET - This is used to be able to retrieve data for Google Maps and the Port Authority TrueTime API
• android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (No longer in Android 6.0) - This is for Google Maps Caching
• android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (No longer in Android 6.0) - Google Maps caching purposes as well as ability to save the app on the external storage. Without this, the app crashes.
• android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - App needs to know state of network in order to find out if internet is available so realtime information can be updated
• android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE - App needs to know state of wifi in orer to find out if internet is available so realtime information can be updated
• android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE - App needs to listen to changes in wifi state to inform user if internet has died and needs reconnected

Ratings and reviews

This app is super helpful and quite precise - thanks! A few issues: 1) It looks like buses disappear from the map when they leave their route (e.g., due to detours). 2) For the past few weeks, I get "No tracking data available for routes: 28X" (just for the 28X), even in the middle of the day.

This app has been very helpful to me for years. All of a sudden within the last maybe 2 weeks it's been useless. There are no colored lines, I cant track the buses, its not showing times or locations. I am so frustrated because I use to love this app and now all of a sudden it doesn't work anymore. I have deleted it and reinstalled. It says update in the play store which I did and it's still not working. Please help. 😩😩😩The route I'm trying to access is the 67 Monroeville. Thank you.

I used to love this app a few years ago. It's still an incredibly useful tool, but for whatever reason it's realtime feature isn't working very well. If I close and reopen the app, it will update the bus's location. There also used to be stop arrival predictions when you would select a bus moving on your preferred route. It would be amazing if these features could make a comeback, because when they're available this app is even more reliable than the written schedule

What's new

Route lines and predictions now show up. This is a permanent fix to the problem. Apologies to all who have been suffering for two months.

Please see this for the full changelog: https://github.com/rectangle-dbmi/Realtime-Port-Authority/releases/tag/9.0.0