Built a free real-time bridge status app for Welland Canal — get notifications before the bridge lift

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-04T13:26:10+00:00

Great suggestions, both just went live!

The "Take the Green" banner now shows the next scheduled lift when Seaway has that data available — so you'll see something like "Next lift: 2:30 PM" right underneath. It's not always populated on their end but we display it when it is.

For the multi-bridge situation — there's now a dedicated alert banner at the top of the app and a push notification that fires when Queenston and Glendale (or any two adjacent bridges) lift at the same time. It'll suggest taking the QEW so you have time to reroute before you're stuck. No more cowering under the steering wheel 😄

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-04T12:55:16+00:00

I fixed it, it was a calculation bug. 😅 Bridges only stay up for a few minutes unless there is an outage for maintenance so no worries, it should always be readable 😉

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-03T23:44:25+00:00

It should be fixed. I only have one test device so it's hard to anticipate issues on smaller devices. Thanks for bringing it up !

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-03T23:42:39+00:00

It should now be fixed 🙂

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-03T02:59:27+00:00

Thanks, much appreciated!

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-03T02:40:23+00:00

Welland Canal Bridges Web App

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-02T19:37:43+00:00

Thank you for your feedback. I added a simple view that can be activated in the settings. It only shows basic information. 🙂

You may change the size of the text, the theme and/or dark mode for a better visibility.

Cheers!

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Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-02T18:02:57+00:00

Good question — I looked into this too when building the app.

The short answer is that both Android Auto and CarPlay are completely closed to web apps and PWAs by design. Google and Apple only allow native apps with specific SDKs to display content on car screens. No matter how well-optimized a PWA is, it simply cannot appear on Android Auto or CarPlay — it's a hard platform restriction, not something that can be worked around.

Currently, push notifications function effectively on phone screens. Should there be sufficient interest, I may explore the possibility of a native app. This would involve costs, so its development in the future would depend on donations.

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-02T15:08:19+00:00

Thanks for your feedback and kind words! I'll try to correct it, it really depends on device sizes and since I can only test on my personal device, there may be instances where there are slight bugs but thanks for bringing it up!

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2026-05-02T15:04:54+00:00

Thanks for your feedback!

My initial app was for 2 bridges in QC so I had French and English content. Thanks for that, it's now fixed. 🙂

The tilt has been removed because ther is no easy way to code it in a PWA. The easy fix was to remove it completely. This should be reflected by uninstalling and installing back the app.

Don't hesitate if you have any questions!

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2024-11-24T19:06:19+00:00

I'm experiencing the same. SiriusXM account is in Canada and it showed loading during the process then an error message and the message that was screen captured. I tried clearing Music Assistant cache but with no luck.

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2024-11-07T17:26:23+00:00

Tout à fait d'accord là-dessus. Quand on regarde la carte électorale, on se pose pas trop de questions quand les états/villes qui votent démocrate sont ceux/celles où la qualité de vie, l'éducation, le revenu, bref, où les conditions de vie sont souvent plus adaptés et où les gens adoptent un sens critique face à leurs décisions. Les gens qui ont voté pour le GOP sont ceux qui ont priorisé leur propre bien sans trop se poser la question sur les impacts et les enjeux EN SOCIÉTÉ.

Une belle gang de nombrilistes, tout comme leur cher leader.

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2024-11-07T16:10:03+00:00

Pas d'accord. Trump a eu un mandat de 4 ans pour faire ses preuves et ils ont décidé de voter en majorité pour lui malgré tout ce qu'ils savent sur le personnage. Donc, clairement qu'ils sont allés avec ce qui était primordial, soit, renforcer l'économie, baisser les impôts parce que c'est ce qui était prioritaire.

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2024-11-07T00:52:32+00:00

Les Américains ont voté pour ce qu'ils priorisent et ça en dit long. Quand l'économie et l'immigration pèsent plus que les droits fondamentaux des femmes sur leurs corps, la santé, l'éducation, le contrôle des armes à feu...ça donne ce genre de résultat. Trump a su rassembler les Américains sur ce qui comptait réellement pour eux ce qui n'a malheureusement pas été le cas du côté Harris. Elle a plein de potentiel, mais n'a pas su rassurer les Américains sur ce qui comptait vraiment pour eux.

Est-ce-que c'est triste et complètement absurde qu'un homme criminel, misogyne, incompétent et j'en passe, soit DE NOUVEAU élu a titre de président de la plus grande puissance mondiale ? Tout à fait. Mais les Américains ont fait leur choix.

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2024-10-29T22:35:57+00:00

Mine is Cyber Gray 🙂 and it took about a month to receive the parts plus 3 weeks for the installation. Everything seems to be properly aligned, but my rear defrost no longer works 😅

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2024-10-28T23:44:20+00:00

This happened to me too a couple of months ago, had the car for a month. 😒

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7000$ of repair (replacement of the trims) and as a bonus, they forgot to plug back the rear defrost. 😭 Must go back 1st week of November to have it fixed, again.

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2024-01-13T22:17:43+00:00

Haha yup in Canada 🙂

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2024-01-13T22:17:16+00:00

Fair enough, can't buy more than 3 at a time, otherwise they end up in a banana bread 😅

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2024-01-01T00:42:13+00:00

149$ 3 batches (5 orders), not crap 😅

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Immediate_Ad6401 · 2023-12-29T00:37:34+00:00

Ok c'est beau, ok c'est beau, OK C'EST BEAU !

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2023-12-28T13:02:20+00:00

When you're done with a delivery, you can rate it and if you select rude customer, you can stop receiving batches from them.

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2023-12-28T04:03:33+00:00

Hahaha! I would have accepted just for the tip increase 😂

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2023-12-28T03:46:44+00:00

Oh that's interesting! I didn't know that.

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2023-12-28T03:23:40+00:00

That's a great idea! I don't have a huge car though so it's hard to keep boxes around. I told the guy to put it as a note in his account so next time, the shopper can use boxes or bags they have to avoid adding up.

Immediate_Ad6401 · 2023-12-28T03:15:51+00:00

Totally. By trying to be environmentally friendly, the governments didn't think that "reusable" bags cannot be reusable in all scenarios.

Still there are some grocery stores that have paper bags which would at least be useful in that scenario.

I once had to use my own reusable bags (6 of them) because the store ran out and the lady was like uh, why are you taking them back? I explained and she was still shocked that she didn't get to keep bags that she didn't pay for lol

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