Los Angeles Metro will be discontinuing partnership of Transit App as their official app

Hello folks,

Back in May 2020, I blogged a welcoming blog post I titled Los Angeles Metro gets rid of Go Metro as official app: endorses Transit App.

In this blog post, I talked about the fact that this was a great move for Metro, and that it saves Los Angeles Metro money.

Just recently, Transit App came up with a subscription service called Royal. Metro paid for all of us to have this service which give us future departure times, buses that are further away and their departure times, our own log if we want, and possibly others i’m missing.

Yesterday, I read the blog post Metro’s partnership with Transit reaches end of three-year agreement which was blogged on their blog on March 31.

In this blog post, I am discouraged that they want to build their own app, especially since Go Metro, the original app they touted was of no value and completely blew when it came to usage.

I want to be optimistic, so we’ll see what this new app can do. I think Metro is making a big mistake. I’ve been advocating for Metro’s removal of their app and to team up with someone who can already do this.

Transit app can do this as long as the data is shared openly, which it is. Move it and Transit App work similarly, and Move it does now get real time data from what I’ve seen in notations.

I’ve not used Move It in many years, but I have it just in case.

Metro thinks it gave a better trip experience? It does give a better experience. People know how to use the app, and for that, I’m sorry they want to build a new one.

I really hope that it is accessible, useful, has features people want and a design that is easy to follow.

I don’t like Move It as they have four bus stops for each of the stops and then you have to find the right bus. That’s how Metro’s former app worked. If they build an app like that again, I will publicly not recomend it. Transit app is so much better, gives two directions for the bus with a swipe down with voice over, and you get the info you want.

I’ll end by saying that we’ll be there during the time that this is going on, and I’ll see what I think once it comes out unless I’m asked to beta test.

We’ll keep the blog posted!