Oh hi there Kamloops! How are you doing?

We run an app called Transit, and we’ve wanted to improve the accuracy of Kamloops’ transit data for some time. While there still isn’t any official “real-time” transit data for Kamloops — no worries! Because today we’re creating it ourselves, with your help. 💪

Real-time transit info is super important. It gives you a better idea on when your bus will show up. In Montreal (where we’re from), knowing that your bus is going to be 30 minutes late can be the difference between:

being late for work, or never going to work again because your body froze into an iceberg

We know the weather is a teeeny bit milder in Kamloops, but waiting for the bus is still super annoying. Even more annoying when you have no idea when (or if) it will ever arrive. So we’re rolling out a new, smart, quick, sexy and super easy way to get real-time departure info for Kamloops Transit.

Cuz folks from Kamloops are the nicest…

In December we launched the world’s first (good) crowdsourced real-time transit data tracker. Wow that is a lot of words but don’t worry it’s simple:

You download our app

You plan a trip (or just pick your route) and tap “ GO ”

” Our app will detect once your vehicle has departed

We’ll then broadcast your anonymized location data (using a tiny bit of mobile data) and make precise departure predictions all the way down the line to fellow riders.

Yep it’s that simple.

While our app is live in 125+ metro areas, our crowdsourcing pilot was only available in a few cities — Victoria, Montreal (our hometown), and NYC. Since launching, we’ve seen pretty cool things happening: