From: douglas@panix.com   
      
   Peter T. Daniels  wrote:   
   : I was checking a bus schedule last week (had to go into the city)  and   
   : accidentally discovered that that info is provided for, at the very least,   
   : the M7 bus. Presumably for other, perhaps all, bus lines as well. (I think   
   : it was when I asked for the map of the bus line that would show me where   
   : the stops are.)   
      
   : Such info has been available for subways for years, because long ago   
   : the GCT branch of the Transit Museum had on display an artwork that   
   : turned train position info on every line into glowing dots and musical   
   : tones. I wrote down the url -- and it worked on my computer. Unfortunately   
   : I lost the bookmark when the computer died.   
      
   : So maybe the subway line maps now show real-time locations!   
      
   I had to take a bus from Downtown Brooklyn to Red Hook.  Real time   
   bus location are provided for on the bus timetables app / web page.   
   While not on a traditioal map, each stop is listed top to bottom, and   
   where the buses are is shown / indicated.  If you allow location services,   
   it will tell you how far away the bus is from the stop you are at.   
      
   For the subway, there is a real-time map on one of the MTA's web pages   
   that indicates train position as a grey rectangle moving along a   
   trunk line.   
      
   The info is out there.  I just don't think its publicized.  The "transit"   
   app used to display this stuff, too.  But since they went to a pay   
   model, I've stopped using it.   
      
   Cheers!   
   -Doug   
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