PTBusBeacon

Spotty. Sometimes you have to open it several times to actually get it to load. Time updates are inaccurate at times. Poor communication when schedules change due to holidays and summer semester. It’s difficult to fine which buses service the stops you want. Basically you have to open every and see what stops it services instead of being able to search an area for stops or open a stop and see what buses stop there.

This is the first review I’ve ever written because I am so sick of this app not functioning. I have defended it when it actually somewhat worked in the past but now that it doesn’t get past the loading screen I’m fed up. Missed multiple busses because of this. Don’t expect students to get to class on time if they can’t rely on public transport. The tuition we pay should be able to cover such a small necessity when you can’t rely on the written, physical schedules posted at each stop.

The recently updated app is better than nothing, but it takes a long time to load & doesn’t offer a consistent or reliable view of updated times. I try to plan ahead when getting to & from work, but this app makes planning ahead difficult. I’m glad I have a paper schedule. Two things I miss : 1) The real-time information, where you could see where your bus was on the rout seems to have disappeared, & 2) only the very next time for a stop on a route will reliably display (sometimes you may see two times if you’re lucky), so if you know you’re going to miss your bus it’s hard to tell when the next one will be along without waiting for new times to load.