Moovit

Mostly, transport applications are designed for people who have motorbikes or cars and not for public transport users, based on this premise, the need arises for an application for those people who opt for the use of public transport. That's how Moovit shows up.

With this application the user has access to real time information, about the best routes of public transport and thus get to the desired destination on time. It is the ideal application for all your urban mobility and transport trips. It should be noted that, Moovit guides more than 930 million users in more than 3400 cities around the world, as through it you can find bus schedules, updated trains, transport maps and, where available, arrivals in real time. MOOVIT calculates in time that it can take when you travel to the station or stop buses where you will take such transport.

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Moovit is an application whose main feature is that it offers information on different types of public transport, including buses, ferries, meters, trains, trams and trolleybuses, thanks to the GPS navigation system.  So, users can access a live map and observe nearby stations and stops, all based on their current GPS location.

This useful application, gives you the advantage of planning trips through different means of transport, based on real time information. Moovit, is a different application from traditional public transport applications, because, being directed by the community and integrating official public transport information of operators with real time data collected by users in crowdsourcing.

An important fact about Moovit is that, in March 2014, this app became the first provider to create transit information for areas where no official information is available, or where local transportation agencies do not offer it to developers, by creating a "community editor" and allowing volunteer publishers to generate information about maps and itineraries to be uploaded to the Moovit app.

When transported with the "Live Addresses" feature enabled, users can transmit their data speed and location to oovit passively and anonymously. Moovit then integrates this crowdsourcing information with public transport schedules to improve the results of travel plans based on current conditions, and shares this information with the user community.

In addition to passively sharing data, users can actively submit reports, including reasons for delays, congestion, satisfaction with their bus driver, and Wi-Fi availability.

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Moovit is available in more than 3,000 cities across 93 countries around the world, including cities such as Barcelona, Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Cape Town, Istanbul, London, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Mexico City, Montevideo, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile, Sydney, San Luis Potosí, Tel Aviv, and Toronto. The app is free for mobile devices running Android, iOS and Web

Moovit uses Open Street Map, a collaborative project aimed at creating a free editable map of the world. The company launched its first annual World Public Transport Usage Report in December 2016, which collects data from 50 million trips in 47 cities across America, Asia and Europe, revealing cities with the longest, shortest travel times, and distances people walk on their travels.

How to download

To download the app you need to go to the Play Store or appstore, and it can be used without the need to have data.

You only need an app on your phone to ride public transportation in the US and 112 other countries and in 45 languages. If you want to know the schedules of buses and trains in London, Barcelona, ​​Madrid or Rome, or if you need to know when the last bus leaves from a certain stop in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Melbourne, Seoul. Now, it ´s easier to travel with Moovit.