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January 25, 2012 06:32 pm GMT
As a former resident of Los Angeles, New York's public transportation system feels magical at times. Trains underground trains that go places you actually want to go. It's a wonderful system. And I thank my stars that I live in an age when my smartphone can tell me how to use it.Because for all its convenience, NYC's subway system can feel a bit labyrinthine at times particularly when there's a planned service disruption (there's always a planned service disruption). Thankfully I'm equipped with a well-crafted Android app called Ride NYC, which makes it easy to plot my subway route and get notified about any potential delays.Ride NYC was built by a company called Pandav, which is also responsible for the popular (and similarly polished) app iBART. And today, the company has some big news: it's changing its name to Embark, andit's releasing some data that gives an idea as to just how popular it's gotten. Namely, that it's now plotted a total of 20 million trips since its first app launched ten months ago, and that users are plotting an additional two million trips per month.
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YC-Funded Embark Is Now Plotting Two Million Transit Trips A Month
As a former resident of Los Angeles, New York's public transportation system feels magical at times. Trains underground trains that go places you actually want to go. It's a wonderful system. And I thank my stars that I live in an age when my smartphone can tell me how to use it.Because for all its convenience, NYC's subway system can feel a bit labyrinthine at times particularly when there's a planned service disruption (there's always a planned service disruption). Thankfully I'm equipped with a well-crafted Android app called Ride NYC, which makes it easy to plot my subway route and get notified about any potential delays.Ride NYC was built by a company called Pandav, which is also responsible for the popular (and similarly polished) app iBART. And today, the company has some big news: it's changing its name to Embark, andit's releasing some data that gives an idea as to just how popular it's gotten. Namely, that it's now plotted a total of 20 million trips since its first app launched ten months ago, and that users are plotting an additional two million trips per month.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/XcoPcnNTV6Y/
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