The MTA Is Now Making iPhone Apps

During frigid winters, the suggestion of traveling to areas of Brooklyn only reachable by bus are usually met with  tepid responses such as “I’ll think about it,” or the slightly more caustic, “It’s on Columbia Street? Go fuck yourself.” The prospect of a lengthy trip to outlying avenues is made much less appealing by the uncertainty of just how long one has to wait for the B63 to come chugging down 5th avenue as exposed fingers are turned into frostbitten icicles during an intense game of Angry Birds.

While the MTA has been busy raising our fares and providing a safe haven for smack addicts, they've also been hard at work on the vital issue of letting you know where in the crap this bus is. Behold, BusTime!

Already in place for both the M34 and M16 bus routes, this new MTA GPS pilot program allows anyone with Internet acces, or using a cell phone (isn't that everyone?) to keep tabs on the whereabouts of their precious B63 bus (which runs from Cobble Hill, through Park Slope, to Fort Hamilton). And for passengers more into planning than living in the moment, beginning next week, Smartphone users will be able to download an app that uses barcodes telling them what’s up with the next 5 buses.

According to some guy interviewed in the New York Post, if this shit works it'll be totally awesome.

(via NY Post)