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Routes

In this section, you can configure where your Transit Tracker pulls data from, which routes you want to display, and some various options for how to display that data.

Data Source​

This option controls where schedule data is fetched from. Typically, each data source covers a specific transit agency or region. Set this to the data source that contains the routes you want to track. The available data sources depend on the API server you are using.

Currently only one data source can be used at a time (i.e., you can't show routes from two or more), but this may change in the future.

Selected Routes​

This will show how many routes and stops have been selected.

Clicking the "Edit routes" button will open the route editor map.

Route Editor​

Find the a stop with departures or arrivals you want to track, click it, then select the routes you want to track. You can select up to five.

Travel Time​

Under each selected stop is a "Set travel time" button. If you set one, it will be taken into account when displaying the countdown. For example, if you set a travel time of 5 minutes and a bus arrives in 15 minutes, the arrival time will be shown as 10 minutes.

This is useful because now only trips that you can feasibly make will be shown.

Time Display​

This option controls whether the displayed times count down to the next arrival or the next departure. It may be useful to choose departure if, for instance, your train or bus typically lingers at a station for a while before leaving.

Schedule Mode​

This option controls how the routes are displayed in the list. You can choose between two options:

  • Show trips from all routes sequentially: This will show all trips from all routes in a single list, sorted by time. This is the default option.
  • Show only the next trip for each route: This will show only the next trip for each selected route. This is useful if one of your selected routes is much more frequent than others.