CU Bus Guide
Features:
* Map
- See and search for all your stops and places on the new Google Maps!
* Favorite stops and places.
* Trip planner.
* Homescreen Widget. Get bus times for all of your favorite stops, right on your homescreen!
* Places
- integrates google places with your MTD stops! Also, displays your recently viewed locations on a map. Can view Google Street View images as well.
* Routes
- See route maps directly from the MTD website.
For suggested improvements/features, please email [email protected]! I cannot possibly test the app on every Android phone/tablet, so If you see anything you think is a problem on your device, email us the details so we can fix it!
If you would like to become a tester for newer versions of CU Bus Guide, check out the Google+ community https://plus.google.com/communities/115880256511565836752 to sign up.
CU Bus Guide is now open source! Check out the source code at https://github.com/parkin/CU-Bus-Guide.
All CUMTD bus data provided by CUMTD. All place data provided by Google Places.
**Tags Illini University of Illinois Champaign Urbana CUMTD
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Note: CU Bus Guide is not affiliated with CUMTD.
Category : Maps & Navigation
Reviews (26)
This app seems pretty good, the problem is it doesn't work well with accessibility functions. I have screen and text enlarged because I'm visually impaired and the UI in this app gets a bit clunky with those on. I also had the problem of the keyboard not disappearing after searching for a stop, so it'd be covering half the screen (resolved by going to home screen and re-entering the app). The latter is less of an issue but is annoying, especially if I'm in a hurry trying to use this app to get somewhere on time. If those could be resolved I honestly think this would be the best CUMTD app for Android.
I can't see all the buses at different stops, when I scroll it cuts off the last 1-2 buses.
The new user interface with the scroll down actually makes it a lot more difficult to read. Some of the buses last on the list are some times cut off from the scroll. The smaller scroll down actually makes me sometimes read the schedule wrongly. Unless there is a better update or a return to the friendlier past UI I am uninstalling this app.
This app is very functional, but it could use a design update. I would absolutely love if it were updated to material design.
Nice app, but doesn't work work after upgrading to Android 5 (it says stops database failed to download)
Its different from the rest because it gives me routes and a map. And most of all it uses a widget that refreshes when I need it so i dont have to open the app again!
This app worked very well previously. It used to be the best to my experience. Now the "Routes" does not work at all on both my devices (Android 4.4 and 5.0). Please make your app great again. Thanks.
Great app. Would be better if the route maps were working.
Doesn't show all the buses. Misses a few.
It was a good app but is bit working now
always need to restart app for data to update
Great app wow
Nice and useful.
The update deleted all of my preferences and favorite stops. Not exactly convenient, but acceptable if there had actually been any major repairs or improvements to functionality. Still an incredibly useful app that reliably does everything I expect it to do and more. Disabling auto-update to prevent another occurrence.
The new UI takes some getting used to, but it is actually more convenient. It takes fewer actions to get to the favorites, and seems to comply more with "current" android design recommendations (less reliance on menu button, use of swipe and pull up/down instead of separate dialogues).
The widget always displays the same stop's name no matter which stop is selected (it does however display the correct bus times as long as I can tell) also the selection process within the main app where one has to tap the stop and then swipe up to make it full screen before scrolling is a bit annoying. It would be better if it automatically opened to full screen when a stop was selected.
This app was fantastic, the update ruined that. I can open with out it going through a process that leads to a force close. When it does open I like it though. Please fix this!
Being on a Gingerbread device, the new, "modern" UI doesn't work nearly as well. 4 stars, because it's still the best app I've used, even with the "modern"/clunky UI.
Only thing missing is set schedule times like the book, other then that a must have for bus riders
This is the best cumtd app available at the moment, but it could still be improved. I'd like to see it follow the holo design guidelines a little more closely. The quickest fix would be to ditch the black border around the icon.
Could've been a little prettier, but I won't complain:-)
Great app! Easy to find the bus I need very quickly.
Shouldn't it calculate backward from the input desired arrival time to give the *latest* bus that will get me there on time? Fix it to get 5 stars.
Significantly easier to navigate and has more functions than the other apps. A must get! :)
Very intuitive and efficient. I'll never be lost or late again!
Used to like the app. Recent updates wiped out my "favorites" and the new layout makes it VERY difficult to view the buses scheduled to stop at any particular stop, also, doesn't give as long of a time frame as it used to. I'm un-installing it and choosing a different app.