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24 alternatives to City Pulse

REST API for public transportation data

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. City Pulse launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Citymapper▲204

   The ultimate transport apps

   2014 · citymapper.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Transit▲123

   Real-time transit data and a bot to help you commute

   2016 · transitapp.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Citymapper 9.0▲130

   Get around big cities

   2019 · citymapper.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Citymapper for AppleWatch▲106

   One of the best public transit apps. Now on your wrist

   2015 · medium.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Project Pulse▲95

   Project status pages communicate progress for you

   2015 · aayukshetram.in · its alternatives →

6. 6
   MagicBus▲150

   Direct commuter shuttles between cities and suburbs

   2016 · magicbus.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   I built a transit travel time map▲255

   This was something I built while trying to look for housing in Toronto that was decently transit-accessible to my office while still cheap. The backend is written in Rust. It parses public GTFS data from transit agencies and performs a simple heuristics-based BFS on the bus lines to calculate how long to reach all points in a city. The frontend uses React and Mapbox GL to render each individual road segment based on how long it takes to reach. This project was a great excuse to learn Rust, deployments, and mapping. The source code is here if you are interested:…

   2023 · map.henryn.xyz · its alternatives →

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   Carma▲76

   Real-time carpooling / ridesharing

   2015 · gocarma.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Public Transport by moovel▲79

   Public transport departure times for Facebook Messenger

   2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    TimeTravel▲192

    Prebook rides for Uber

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    PebBus▲75

    Realtime bus information on Pebble

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Busity▲100

    Explore Paris 🇫🇷🥖 with the help of the public bus system

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Uber on Slack▲155

    Post to Slack. Get a ride.

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    MapJam▲137

    Beautiful personalized map sharing

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Travic▲80

    Transit visualization client for almost any city

    2015 · mobility.portal.geops.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Sound City Project▲134

    Listen to cities around the globe

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Transport API - Codifying Transport Intelligence▲4

    The only single source of public transport data in the UK

    2015 · transportapi.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    SherpaShare▲125

    Analytics for Uber and Lyft drivers

    2014 · getsimple.app · its alternatives →

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    Citymapper GO▲13

    Your personal satnav, realtime ETA, and ETA sharing

    2015 · citymapper.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    FareBot▲83

    Read your balance & more from public transit cards.

    2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Apple Maps Connect▲84

    Crowdsourced local listings portal by Apple

    2014 · business.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Pulse.io▲81

    Start Monitoring iOS and Android app performance.

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Busbud for iOS▲101

    The best way to hunt bus tickets on the go

    2015 · busbud.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    PushForms▲87

    Collect Rich Mobile Data with a Link

    2015 · its alternatives →

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