Transit now tracks Liverpool’s 2000+ monthly bus disruptions, and notifies passengers if diversions affect their regular bus.

What passengers in Liverpool will now see:

• A map with the new diverted path
• Which stops have closed
• Trip plans and ETAs that respect the new diverted route
• Automatic updates if the diversion changes, or disappears

Lost bus? Not in Liverpool: if road closures, matchdays, parades, festivals, or other events are leading your local bus astray, Transit will now detect the active diversion for you, and guide you to the right street.

Even if the diversion hasn’t been announced officially!

Unlike other apps, Transit shows you the map of the new diverted route, rather than the old route.

It’s the only app to be able to detect disrupted bus service in Liverpool, — it detects when a bus deviates from its normal route, using real-time GPS positions. Transit then redraws the new route in the app, so you can easily see the disruption.

(It even includes spontaneous diversions that Merseytravel hasn’t published yet in their official transport data!)

Liverpool’s main public transport apps (the Merseytravel app, Stagecoach app and the Arriva UK Bus app) don’t do this. Nor do third-party apps like Google Maps or Apple Maps.

TL;DR: if you want to avoid the ~2000 diversions befouling Liverpool’s bus service each month — many of which go undetected — use Transit.

Once you download the app Transit will make sure you always know if your bus has been diverted, whether it’s:

• A long-term disruption
• A short-term diversion
• A series of omitted stops

What does this mean for Liverpool?

No more parsing those longwinded signs whenever your bus service is disrupted — Scousers can now see active bus diversions right on the map!

…and what does this mean for our friends at transport authorities?

When Transit works with local operators or authorities, Transit’s diversion detection software works even better — riders can also see the new temporary stops, staff can see all of their active diversions in one central hub, approve and reject individual diversions, mark individual stops as “closed”, append new stops to the diverted route shape, flag disrupted bus lines, and send push notifications to passengers affected by individual disruptions.

Just like transport authorities are doing across the US, Canada and France, with Transit’s help!

Work at Merseytravel? Get in touch.

Transit’s diversion management software also lets transport authorities export diversions for use in their own apps. (Could diversions one day appear in the Merseytravel, Stagecoach or Arriva UK Bus apps? Now they technically can!)

In addition to real-time detection for bus diversions, passengers in Liverpool will also be able to enjoy the app’s other notable features, like:

• Improved ETA predictions for buses
• Safe bike trip planning
• … and many many many more

Well there you go la’. The best app for Liverpool buses just got better.

Whether you’re cruising around town or headed over the water, Transit’s got your back, all the way back onto the back of the bus.

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