Rocketman Transit App
Rocketman is a free mobile transit app providing real-time public transit data for both iPhone and Android platforms. The app was built and launched in 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Hussain Saleem.
The Rocketman app was originally built to service Toronto's public transit; the Toronto Transit Commission also known as the TTC. Since then it was expanded to provide real-time transit and arrival times for cities across Canada and the United States.
Features[edit]
The Rocketman app connects to schedules and real-time feeds provided by transit agencies to provide users with up-to-date information regarding their commute.
Supported Regions[edit]
The Rocketman transit app is supported in 2 countries: Canada and the United States. Within the United States and Canada, the Rocketman transit app can be used in the following regions:
Canada[edit]
Alberta[edit]
Spruce Grove Transit
Fort Saskatchewan Transit
Beaumont Transit
British Columbia[edit]
BC Transit - Victoria Regional Transit System
BC Transit - RDN Transit System
Calgary[edit]
Manitoba[edit]
Nova Scotia[edit]
Ontario[edit]
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Québec[edit]
exo-Réseau de transport métropolitain
Société de transport de Montréal
Société de Transport de Sherbrooke
Service opéré par Taxis de Sherbrooke
Saskatchewan[edit]
St Johns[edit]
METROBUS
United States[edit]
California (Northern)[edit]
Unitrans ASUCD/City of Davis
California (Southern)[edit]
District of Columbia[edit]
Florida[edit]
Pensacola Beach (SRIA)
Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
Georgia[edit]
Atlanta Streetcar - Beta
Indianapolis International Airport
APL
Massachusetts[edit]
Brockton Area Transit Authority
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
EZRide - Charles River TMA
Mississippi[edit]
City of Oxford
Nevada[edit]
RTC RIDE, Reno
New York[edit]
City College NYC
Downtown Connection
North Carolina[edit]
Oregon[edit]
San Francisco[edit]
Texas[edit]
Virginia[edit]
Fairfax (CUE)
Washington[edit]
Investors[edit]
Rocketman is owned by RBC Ventures Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada.
Community[edit]
The Rocketman transit app worked with the Daily Bread Food Bank during the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Transit Crowding[edit]
During the pandemic, Rocketman launched transitcrowds.com [2] [3] [4] [5]. This tool allows commuters to look up any TTC bus route within the GTA and pulls historical transit crowding data by stop to show how crowded that particular bus might be.
References[edit]
- ↑ "RBC Ventures". RBC Ventures. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ↑ "Avoid Transit Crowds with Rocketman's New Web Tool". Rocketman App. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ↑ "Worried about a busy commute? Crowdsourced app will give you real-time updates". thestar.com. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ↑ "New TTC App Web-Tool Shows Projected Vehicle Crowding". Storeys. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ↑ "Rocketman's web tool could help TTC riders avoid crowded buses". MobileSyrup. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
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