I’ve started taking the bus to work, and I like it except for one thing: they’re never on time. I really hate waiting around for the bus! I saw that King County has a Bus Tracker, but it is a Java Applet. I really hate Java applets, so I decided to write my own. I found that UW provides a WSDL interface so I can get live bus information. I’ve put up a preliminary release, and I’ll get a domain name for it and build it out more soon.
Anyway, you can click here to see my take on the Bus Tracker.
I don’t know if it meets your needs (maybe you just wanted to play more with Ruby), but there’s a great Google Maps/Metro Bus Tracker mashup:
http://www.busmonster.com
Why do I have to find out about these things after I write my own? That is very annoying. This thing looks cool, but the maps don’t seem to show up. Maybe its a bug?
Why do you have a header that says Kings County Limo Service, and then nothing about it? Haha…I know this is off subject, but did you know that back in the dirty days of New York, I don’t know if they still have them…but they use to have limo companies that would have escorts driving them? Of course I’m sure they were all immigrants working illegally. I mean they still do…but can you actually believe they would drive you around in a limo? That’s crazy the things people think up. I travel to NYC alot on business and only use one limo company because I’ve had no problems with them yet. So if you’re ever in NYC try http://www.nypremierlimousine.com Anyhow I live in Kings County, but I actually drive so I’m not sure of any car services, or buses that come this way.