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Agent Meister from the Geek Squad spoke to Bill about If you're traveling to a new, unfamiliar city this summer, there's an app to give you confidence to ride buses and trains there.
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Transit is free app that's perfect if you ever find yourself waiting for a bus, train, or any other form of transportation. Transit works in 951 cities around the world, mostly in North America and Europe.
Just open the app and you'll see the next departure times for all lines near where you're standing. You can tap any line to see a more detailed schedule. You can usually also see where the next train or bus is, right now, thanks to real-time data.
Transit makes navigating new cities via public transit a lot less intimidating. In addition to real-time departures, there's also a way to ask for directions, the same way you can Google or Apple Maps. And while those applications both offer transit directions, the Transit app does a better job at offering multiple routes.
All of this removes the anxiety from using public transit. Instead of wondering when the next bus will get there—or if the next bus is coming—you can glance at my phone and know exactly how long you need to wait.
This app also makes it easy to tweak for the way you ride. For example if you're happy to walk a couple miles if it means avoiding a long connection spent sitting at a bus stop. Transit lets you configure how long you're willing to walk and how fast you walk. There's also really great support for combining bike and transit, something that Google and Apple Maps don't really offer. The result is that you can generally get around faster using Transit's directions once you configure it to match your preferences.