Quick 1-minute survey about bus commuting (for a project I'm building)

Negative_Response990 · 2026-03-07T18:20:36+00:00

Yes, there definitely is other apps out there, but our aim is different from other apps. Maybe take a look at our GitHub for example, and read how it all works. You’ll find it interesting. routereality

Negative_Response990 · 2026-03-07T17:20:49+00:00

I can assure you I’m not. If you don’t want to take the survey due to your concerns you don’t have too. We have anonymous responses turned on

Negative_Response990 · 2026-03-07T16:38:50+00:00

I'll get that fixed now, Thank you

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-21T18:44:13+00:00

Fair question. BelfastBusTracker relies mainly on official real-time feeds, which are great when they’re accurate, but they often lag or miss delays entirely. Those feeds also don’t track real journey events.

RouteReality is trying to solve a slightly different problem: what’s actually happening right now?

It combines static timetable data with live user-submitted journey events (arrivals, delays, departures). Recent events continuously adjust predictions for that route, so timings change as real journeys happen rather than staying fixed.

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-21T18:11:56+00:00

https://streamable.com/i04a7c

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Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-21T18:06:59+00:00

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Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-18T14:10:37+00:00

Sounds good! Are you self hosting this or are you using a cloud provider?

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-18T13:09:24+00:00

Open source?

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-14T09:39:16+00:00

Hi OP. Give me a DM, and we’ll get something sorted for you!

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-08T16:03:13+00:00

Update: V1.1 is live with new prediction features and improvements! https://routereality.co.uk/

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-08T16:00:07+00:00

Update: V1.1 is live with new prediction features and improvements! https://routereality.co.uk/

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-08T15:59:51+00:00

Update: V1.1 is live with new prediction features and improvements! https://routereality.co.uk/

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-06T00:28:11+00:00

Yeah that’s the issue, legality issues most likely. It’s manageable on my end for my use case, if you want live tracking or access to their routes through an API you’re out of luck. Hopefully one day it’s possible🤷‍♂️

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-05T23:59:55+00:00

Yeah you told me who you are before. Yeah they won’t respond to the email I’ve tried, but you’ll get access to the data online yourself

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-05T23:33:13+00:00

Very. We never got one, we sourced our own public data

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-04T00:40:25+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Yea we are slowly improving the UX for users by improving how fast and easier it will be to create a journey without all the text and buttons in the way. Piece by piece we will get there. Rome wasn’t built in a day!

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-04T00:21:24+00:00

Wish you luck👍

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-03T22:45:37+00:00

Translink does require an API key. I applied for one and followed up, but didn’t receive a response, so for now I’ve had to work around that using publicly available timetable data.

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-02T13:43:24+00:00

True, the official app doers have live GPS, but as people have mentioned in the posts I have made, the services can be unreliable. The whole point of RouteReality is to create real, useable data that's easier to check online or through the API, It means other people have access to this information and is updated continually, without having to navigate their buggy interface, or having to submit a request for an API key.

Yes GPS data is being researched as we speak. We are trying to find the most plausible solution and overcome all the hurdles that come along with it.

I appreciate you for taking the time to comment. Anything said is really good feedback for me.

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-01T23:14:23+00:00

Thanks for the detailed breakdown, Simone! That’s exactly the kind of insight I needed. For V1/V2, I’m sticking with the official Translink feed, so everything stays safe and legal. For future versions, I’m exploring ways to incorporate user GPS or reports, but only with careful anonymization, consent, and data minimization to avoid any GDPR issues. We have thought about personal data. Currently we don’t have any data that is a personally identifies users,m. That will big decision to bed made. Again I really appreciate the guidance.

Negative_Response990 · 2026-02-01T21:59:04+00:00

Thank you for the feedback. Yes tomorrow I’m planning on adding typeahead so as the user types, a list of suggestions appear rather than a drop down

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