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In February 2019, the Transit app released an update that allows users to look up bus and train schedules for their whole city even without a data connection, or determine if a bike-sharing station has bikes available. Even when users are offline, they are able to find the nearest public transport
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Current Transit app executives are Chief Executive Officer Sam Vermette and Chief Business Officer David Block-Schachter. In 2018, Transit raised $ 17.5 million. The majority of investments came from auto manufacturers. The lead investor was Alliance Ventures. Others included
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Transit is supported in 16 countries across the globe including Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Within the United States, Transit can be used in 270 regions.
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in four American cities. The app provides users with a color-coded system that matches colors with modes of transportation in order for users to quickly associate a color with the mode of transportation they are monitoring.
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Transit has partnered with some public agencies in Canada and the USA to become their official or endorsed multimodal app. Agencies that have endorsed the app include:
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The app offers users schedules and alerts for multiple modes of transportation where available, including
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user data to determine the true location of buses and trains. Transit was first released in 2012 for
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Transit is in direct competition with other transit mapping services such as
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providing real-time public transit data. The app functions in over 175
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Transit is compatible with car-sharing and ride-hailing apps such as
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Transit supports multiple mobile ticketing platforms including
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Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation
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systems. In April 2018, the app expanded to include
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Developer(s)
Operating system
Android
iOS
Type
GPS navigation software
transitapp.com
mobile app
metropolitan areas
mapping
real-time
public transit
crowdsourcing
iPhone
Android
bus
rail
Montreal
Quebec
Moovit
Citymapper
Google Maps
Bing Maps
Apple Maps
Jaguar Land Rover
Accel
Uber
Lyft

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