> Thing is, it's not very start-uppable as a concept: you need partnerships with any bus companies involved, you need GPS equipment in the buses, you need parte

> Thing is, it's not very start-uppable as a concept: you need partnerships with any bus companies involved, you need GPS equipment in the buses, you need parternships with cell networks and good enough coverage that location and ancillary information can be sent back to base to be served up through the app, etc. It may not be something you hack together in a weekend, but it's definitely startuppable. Love that word, btw, can I keep it? Because of the partnerships needed, it won't scale quickly, but I wonder if it has potential as a non-profit startup. Or even for-profit, you just need to work on the value proposition to the local transit agencies. Some areas in the US do have this, after all. I'm not sure if it's GPS or what, but I've seen it Seattle when I visited, and also in Arlington, VA, where I used to live: http://mobile.commuterpage.com/realtime.cfm?stopCode=41209&formMode=3&routeName=ART+41%3A+Columbia+Pike-Ballston-Court+House&routeID=41 http://mobile.commuterpage.com/realtime.cfm?stopCode=41209&f... I believe in Arlington, it was mostly grant funded (state and federal), but somebody's gotta be out there doing the work. I live in Maine now - having decent public transportation would be a nice first step.