Google Map showing bus arrival times
SBS Transit recently launched iris NextBus service -- an online enquiry that tells when the next bus is arriving at a bus stop. It is a good initiative, but the website is cumbersome to use as you have to click through drop-down menus to search for your bus number and bus stop. Also, only one service is available at any one time.
Singeo has overcome the limitations by using Google Map. It displays all the bus stops on an easy to read map. From the map, just click on any bus stop to show a pop-up window that lists all the services available from the bus stop, and click on the service number will link you to SBS website for the next bus timing.
This is a demonstration so only bus services along East Coast Road and Marine Parade Road are available for this demonstration copy. Try it -- it's pretty cool!



2 comments:
That's really cool. How I wish SBST would improve on iris and integrate the google map to their system to make it more user friendly.
Hi,
Welcome to Singapore's Land Transport. Hope you enjoy the read so far.
It would be great if SBS Transit can tap onto Google Map, but that is unlikely to happen. They have already spent quite a bit of sum on Virtual Map (the company producing streetdirectory.com) to get themselves a bus journey planner complete with graphical display of bus routes (that is probably why the details of SMRT buses are not included in streetdirectory.com).
Regards,
Daniel Chin
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