Re: Review: App for BMTC's Buses, Bangalore Quote:
Originally Posted by NPV The BMTC app was featured in local print media, they claim it is buggy but I think for now we should just look at the positives and ignore those issues, hopefully there will be an update coming soon with the fixes for the bugs. |
Totally agree. From my experience over the last week, key thing I have noticed is that they still have not got all the buses online on the network-especially some heavily used ones like the 500CA that runs from Banashankari to ITPL. The other thing that I noticed is that the route number to bus mapping was wrong in a few cases. They need to rectify these things.
In general I think the article in the print media is poorly written. I don't think it is 'Full of Bugs' as the author has written.
For Example:
The whole point of this option is that it can be used for folks who know the route number. For those who do not, the Trip Planner is the way to go. And statement on stopping or not stopping does not make sense.As far as I know, we do not have any limited stop or express services.
Again, don't think the author understands the feature. The purpose is to show all buses near a stop, from there you can select the route that you want. Useful because I may not know all the routes in the area- Or I may know but do not want to check 1 by 1, so use this option to see all active buses and then go to the route.
Overall, there are some design elements that could have been better. These can be easily worked around once one knows how it behaves. The key thing BMTC has to do is to ensure all buses and routes are online and enabled and also ensure the bus to route mapping is accurate. |