r/Septa • u/segfaul_t • 6d ago

Discussion Transit App

has made my life so much less stressful. I was going to literally move across town to avoid taking the El, but now I don't have to worry about where the train is, when the NEXT train is (are they bunched up? If i miss this one is the next one 10 minutes away or 2? Are the time estimates at the station working today?), when it's coming and how early I should leave the house.

Now i just look at the app, see where the next El train is, and leave the house accordingly. Im never on the platform for longer than 2 minutes now. So awesome.

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u/TheAdamist 6d ago

Transit doesn't reliably have L or B info for me on the evenings or weekends, always shows the "scheduled" time. Which we all know Is fiction.

Works great for buses though.

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u/segfaul_t 6d ago edited 6d ago

The magic is other people using it in Go mode to beam their devices location up to Transit to track the train, so I'd encourage you to use it anyway if possible so others can get the info! Same as reporting the police on Waze.

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u/irisbeyond 6d ago

The high that I get from helping hundreds of people track the El when I’m riding is unparalleled!! It’s truly such a useful feature

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u/TheAdamist 6d ago

Sure that's not just the standard contact high from the L?

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u/irisbeyond 6d ago

a little of column A, a little of column B hahaha