Bus tracking program. How to use your phone to find out when the bus is coming

Yandex.Transport is a new service from a Russian company that will be an excellent assistant for residents of megacities who use public transport to travel around the city. Below we will look at what makes this application unique and how it will make life easier for its users.

In large cities in Russia, all public transport is equipped with a special GPS system, which allows you to track the movement of vehicles around the city.

It's simple. Using Yandex.Transport, you can plot the most convenient route from point A to point B, and also track when the desired bus arrives at the stop. Thus, you no longer need to stand at the stop, waiting for transport to arrive, because you can approach the stop at the time when the desired bus (trolleybus or tram) is already on the way.

The traffic movement in the application is displayed in real time, so you will clearly see where the transport is currently passing. When you get on the bus, you need to get off at the right stop. But Yandex.Transport comes to the rescue here too! Having planned your route in advance, the program will tell you at which stop you need to get off. Agree, this function is indispensable for traveling on new routes.

Currently, the Yandex.Transport application is available for mobile platforms iOS and . Unfortunately, Yandex has so far bypassed PC users.

Download Yandex.Transport for IOS for free

Download Yandex.Transport for Android for free

However, there is one effective way to launch Yandex Transport on a computer. To do this you need to download a free program BlueStacks, which will allow you to emulate Android OS and .

Bottom line. Yandex.Transport is an excellent application for organizing your time, which allows you to track the movement of transport in real time, plot routes, get off at the right stops, and also find out which transport is coming from a certain stop and how long it will take to wait. Make sure of its usefulness by downloading it to your smartphone from the application store or installing it on your computer using an emulator.

22.03.2017

Thanks to the widespread introduction of GPS and GLONASS technologies into the civilian sector, anyone can track not only their location, but also the movement of public transport (the only exception is the metro).

Special applications for smartphones and computers allow you to track the movement of buses and minibuses in Moscow online. However, sometimes the readings can be a little inaccurate.

List of applications

Using one of the presented services, you can track traffic in real time:

• Yandex.Transport is an application for smartphones running Android and iOS. Installation on a computer is only possible using a special emulator. You can download from Play Market or AppStore.
• The TransNavi website allows you to track the movement of public transport within Moscow and the region online, from any device. The site is still in test mode, so sometimes it may have some glitches.
• 2GIS is another application for computers and smartphones that allows you to find out the time when the desired bus/trolleybus/minibus will arrive at the stop.

Method 1: using Yandex.Transport

Step-by-step instructions for using the application:

Method 2: use the official website Navitrans.Info

On this site you can also track the desired vehicle, find a stop and get directions. Works only within Moscow and the Region. Instructions:

Method 3: 2GIS

This application is available for both smartphones and PCs. It is possible to work in offline mode (without connecting to the network), but to track vehicle movements, you will then need to connect to a GPS or GLONASS network. In fact, the bus is not tracked, but the time when it arrives at the specified stop is calculated. This function may work with some interruptions (it works most correctly in Ufa and Nizhny Novgorod).

To use this function, click on the desired stop. The pop-up window will indicate the buses that stop there. The estimated time of arrival will be written next to the bus number.

It is not difficult to track the movement of a bus in Moscow and the Region. You can use this opportunity both from a smartphone and from a desktop PC that is connected to the Internet.

Key Features

• Tracking the movement of urban transport;
• Displaying route vehicle numbers on the map;
• Displaying the arrival time of buses, trolleybuses and trams at the stop;
• Search for an object by address;
• Drawing up routes, including using the Metro;
• More than 44 maps of cities in Ukraine, Russia, Austria, the Republic of Belarus, Hungary;
• Viewing object addresses.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Has a Russian-language interface;
• Works free of charge;
• Constantly updated;
• Has interactive maps with wide functionality;
• Bookmark function available.

Cons:

• The delay in displaying the time of arrival of transport at the stop is 1 minute.

Analogues

Yandex.Maps is an application for user orientation around the city. Allows you to search for objects by address and name. Has detailed maps. You can create travel routes around the city with minimal time. Supports more than 300 city maps. Constantly updated. It works free of charge.

Yandex.Navigator is a program for creating routes around the city, determining the user’s location, searching for objects by address and name. Allows you to calculate the distance between points. Checks for traffic jams on a certain section of the route. Distributed free of charge.

Principles of use

The principle of installing and using the program is as follows:

• Download the installation file and run it on your device.
• Let's launch the program. A map will open showing the movement of public transport. Each color of the label indicates the type of vehicle: bus, tram, trolleybus, minibus.

• If you click on a specific vehicle. A detailed list of all stops and time intervals will open.

• In order to plot a route, select the special curve icon at the bottom of the screen and set the starting and ending points.

• A detailed map of the route can be viewed at the bottom of the window.

The Yandex.Transport program opens up wide opportunities for users to correctly distribute their time and be in the right place on time.

To learn how to use Yandex.Transport, watch the video:

The transport schedule has always been interesting and significant for people living not only in the city, but also outside it, and now you can use Yandex.Transport online for your computer.

Technologies of the modern world have reached the transport schedule (in our countries). The Yandex company has created an application for Android that collects and updates the necessary information for ease of use and greatly simplifies people's lives.

A very convenient application both for use in the locality where you live and when arriving in an unfamiliar city, providing the opportunity to determine what time and where route vehicles are moving.

• Initially, the goal of the creators of this application was to make sure that a user with any level of knowledge about modern technologies of use and management could easily understand the main functions and features, so the principle of operation is quite logical and there should not be any great difficulties in use.
• The cities of Moscow, Moscow region, Astana, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Omsk, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Perm, Chelyabinsk, Voronezh, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk, Cherepovets, Lipetsk, Kyiv, Astana, Baranovichi, Pinsk and Grodno are connected ( Every day the application is updated with new cities).

Download Yandex.Transport on Android and iOS devices (iPad, iPhone)

Download Yandex.Transport online for computer (PC)

The Yandex Transport application is supported only on Android operating system devices (tablets, smartphones) and on the same iPhone products.

And if you want to install this application on your computer, you must first install Android OS emulator BlueStacks program, by installing which you can download directly from the service Play Market and run Android applications on your PC. Support for downloading from the Play Market is available in the emulator functions.

• Download BlueStacks and run it on your computer.

• Do you need find Yandex.Transport on the service Play Market And install. You can enter data from by first setting the input language (in the settings) or simply by copying (if it is more convenient or faster for you) for example from a notepad and pasting ( ctrl+c And ctrl+v).

• Now you have Yandex.Transport online on your computer in the BlueStacks app

• City selection and other settings in the upper right corner

• With this application, you can go to the stop, shortly before the arrival of passing transport, calculate the time of arrival at the right place, without bothering people with questions.

The service is currently being finalized and there are several unresolved issues due to these issues:

• To date, not all cities (listed above) are connected.
• Even if a city is present in Yandex.Transport maps, this does not mean that all routes are tracked there, due to ignorance or unwillingness of transport companies to participate in this online tracking program.

But it should be noted that the idea is quite serious and it is necessary to collect and provide for use information that is constantly changing, taking into account that not all transport companies are easy to cooperate with and it is necessary to put a lot of effort and time into this, as well as correct everything errors in the operation of this system.

Today, the Yandex Transport application on your phone is a real must-have for everyone who does not have a personal car. This program allows you to find out in real time where a bus, tram or trolleybus is now, calculate the time until it arrives at the desired stop and understand how long it will take to reach its final destination. Let's take a closer look at what other advantages the service has.

Public transport in your pocket with Yandex Transport

Yandex has made vehicle tracking as simple and convenient as possible - a clear interface helps you quickly navigate and find out all the necessary information.

For example, to see online how soon the tram will be at a specific stop, you just need to click on it. The route will be displayed on the screen, where you can see where and how long it will take to arrive. If no required transport is on the way, then you will simply see the interval of its movement - for example, “every 25 minutes”.

If you find yourself in an unfamiliar place, you can quickly assess the situation by looking at the map to see what vehicles are passing near your location

Don't know how to get to the office or store you need? The application will help here too, because you can build a route from point A to point B in just a few seconds. You will be offered all possible options, taking into account different vehicles, fares and speeds. Save your favorite routes so you don’t have to remember everything again next time!

You can download the program for free to your phone on Google Play and the App Store. Yandex Transport for Windows Phone has not yet been developed

Transport tracking with Yandex in any city in Russia

The application works in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Penza and other large Russian cities. It is also available for some localities in Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Hungary, Australia and New Zealand. You can select your city in the settings.

It’s convenient that Yandex remembers the public transport you frequently use and can only display it on the map - this is also regulated in the service settings. In addition to bus/minibus/tram/trolleybus stops, the map also displays metro stations and railway platforms.

It is worth noting that the service works slightly differently in different cities. In many respects, the reliability of the information depends on regional partners, so it turns out that in some localities certain types of vehicles may not be displayed.

In the summer of 2017, Yandex Transport also began showing the locations of carsharing cars - cars that can be rented for short-term to move around the city. The program allows you to not only see full information about the model (make, number, price, volume of fuel in the tank), but also build a route to it and even book it by going to the corresponding company’s application.

Is it possible to use Yandex Transport online without downloading?

Since the program is designed exclusively for use on a smartphone, Yandex Transport does not work in the browser. Therefore, in order to view information without downloading to a mobile device, you need to understand how to work on a PC. To do this you will need:

• download an Android emulator for PC (for example, from Bluestacks - suitable for Windows 7, 8, 10, XP and OS X);
• install, launch and add a Google account in the “Accounts” tab;
• download Yandex Transport online in the same way as you usually do on Google Play.

The convenience and usefulness of the application are obvious, to say the least. This is especially felt in winter, when you have to stand in the cold for a long time waiting for a vehicle. And if it also moves at intervals of half an hour/hour, then the only right decision would be to install Yandex Transport on your phone and never again be afraid of being late for the desired route.