About
BusRyda.com is a free collection of mobile web applications to help you get around the Boston-metro area on the MBTA. Plan your trip on the T or find upcoming bus schedules quickly and easily on your phone.
About Trip Planner
BusRyda’s Trip Planner provides a simplified interface for the MBTA’s trip planning feature to help you get from point A to point B on the T while on the go. Point any mobile browser to busryda.com and click ‘Trip Planner’ to get started. Enter addresses, intersections, landmarks or stations for where you’re coming from and where you’re going, then when you’re departing. As the Trip Planner is intended to be used on the go, we simplify entering departure time by limiting it to three likely choices: now, in 1 hour, or in 2 hours.
Most results provide two itineraries utilizing MBTA subways, buses, and the Commuter Rail.
BusRyda’s Trip Planner is free to use and not affiliated with the MBTA. The service works on any mobile device with a web browser, including Blackberries, Treos, Sidekicks, and iPhones.
About BusRyda (the application)
Say it’s 6:30 AM on a Saturday and you live near Sullivan Station. You’re up and cranky so heading to Sound Bites for some grub is probably your best move. Point your phone’s browser to boston.busryda.com — the secret shortcut for Bostonians — and plug in the bus you’ll likely take, so the 89 or the 90, Outbound, on a Saturday. Click ‘Display Route.’
Sha-BAM! The next few buses — about 1 hour’s worth — at your fingertips. No shuffling through paper schedules or scrolling to the right spot on the MBTA’s good-but-not-awesome mobile bus schedule offering.
If you need a schedule for later in the day, simply click on ‘Or see the full schedule’ at the bottom of the page.
BusRyda works on any mobile device such as Sidekicks or Blackberries, but is especially attractive on the iPhone.
busryda.com was designed and conceived by Eric D. Fields, a web designer living in Somerville, MA. http://ericdfields.com
BusRyda is not affiliated with the MBTA.