5 ms·

They also have harder problems to solve when it comes to buses. During the tube strikes, it was incredibly frustrating to have all the route suggestions involve

They also have harder problems to solve when it comes to buses. During the tube strikes, it was incredibly frustrating to have all the route suggestions involve getting the 29 in Camden. Anyone who's attempted to get the 29 from Camden late at night will know what I'm talking about. Essentially they need to start including knowledge not just about how frequent transport is supposed to be, but the typical number you'll have to miss before you can get on. For the 29 in Camden this number is around 5. But, as Citymapper becomes more ubiquitous within each city, this becomes a solvable problem. They can use the real-time usage of Citymapper to model congestion, and offer better route suggestions. I'm quite happy to use a journey that's 15 minutes longer if it means I'm warm, rather than standing in the cold for 30 waiting for the 'faster' option.

EmilLondon 12y ago
We would love to be able to solve those problems, but we need more humans!
- pyre 12y ago
  Mental Image: A huge furnace powering a black box labelled "Citymapper Development." There's a ramp up to an opening in the front of the furnace. There are two grunts with full-body jumpsuits that say "Citymapper Employee" on them. They are heaving humans into the furnace. I'm sure you are a great team, but that was the silly mental image "we need more humans" gave me. ;-)
  - madaxe_again 12y ago
    Derived from http://simpsonsscreenshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/moredogs.png http://simpsonsscreenshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mo..., I'm guessing!
  - azmaty 12y ago
    Thats kinda how it is.
throwaway283719 12y ago
To be clear for non-Londoners, route 29 has one of the highest crime rates amongst all London bus routes, especially late at night. I'm not sure if it's particularly bad around Camden, although there is probably a higher than average rate of drunken idiots.
- nm_101 12y ago
  The 29 is a temporary insane asylum
- easytiger 12y ago
  Most nightbus experiences start off feeling like fun (yey everyone is in party mood!), become somewhat riddle with a threat of general menace (think A Clockwork Orange) and end up, if you are going far enough, being suicidally depressing because you've sobered up. If you end up falling asleep you will end up in essex, alone and abandoned

EmilLondon 12y ago

We would love to be able to solve those problems, but we need more humans!

pyre 12y ago
Mental Image: A huge furnace powering a black box labelled "Citymapper Development." There's a ramp up to an opening in the front of the furnace. There are two grunts with full-body jumpsuits that say "Citymapper Employee" on them. They are heaving humans into the furnace. I'm sure you are a great team, but that was the silly mental image "we need more humans" gave me. ;-)
- madaxe_again 12y ago
  Derived from http://simpsonsscreenshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/moredogs.png http://simpsonsscreenshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mo..., I'm guessing!
- azmaty 12y ago
  Thats kinda how it is.

throwaway283719 12y ago

To be clear for non-Londoners, route 29 has one of the highest crime rates amongst all London bus routes, especially late at night. I'm not sure if it's particularly bad around Camden, although there is probably a higher than average rate of drunken idiots.

nm_101 12y ago
The 29 is a temporary insane asylum
easytiger 12y ago
Most nightbus experiences start off feeling like fun (yey everyone is in party mood!), become somewhat riddle with a threat of general menace (think A Clockwork Orange) and end up, if you are going far enough, being suicidally depressing because you've sobered up. If you end up falling asleep you will end up in essex, alone and abandoned