This is an archive of mentions of OneBusAway in the news and awards we've won / been nominated for. For the latest news on OneBusAway, be sure to also check out our Twitter feed and blog.
Awards
OneBusAway has been nominated for and even won a few awards over the years:
We've also been mentioned in the news on a number of occasions:
2012
2011
- Researchers develop mobile app for blind bus riders - The Transit Wire - November 23, 2011
- Staten Island, we’ll see you in Bus Time: OpenPlans selected to create NYC real time bus tracking system - OpenPlans - November 22, 2011
- Lessons in Transit Innovation - New York Times - November 22, 2011
- Bus app for blind developed at UW - King5 - November 21, 2011
- New York MTA Selects Cambridge Systematics, OpenPlans for Bus Customer Information System - PRWeb.com - November 18, 2011
- Seattle was too nice for me - The state I'm in blog, cnn.com - November 9, 2011
- Deal keeps popular One Bus Away transit app moving - Issaquah Press - October 25, 2011
- Tuesday at ITS World - The Transit Wire - October 19, 2011
- One Bus Away - Seattle Times - Letter to the Editor - October 15, 2011
- Agencies Buy One More Year of OneBusAway - Seattle Transit Blog - October 15, 2011
- Bus Tracking: The Most Interesting Thing I Read About Public Transportation Today - ChicagoMag.com - October 12, 2011
- Summary of benefits from transit tracker reports - Steve Can Plan - October 12, 2011
- 'One Bus Away' app lives on despite developer's graduation - MyNorthwest.com - October 12, 2011
- One Bus Aways keeps running - MyFox Spokane - October 12, 2011
- One Bus Away: Popular app gets a boost - Seattle Times - October 12, 2011
- Transit agencies to keep One Bus Away running for 13 months - KOMO News - October 12, 2011
- OneBusAway - Tacoma Daily News - October 12, 2011
- OneBusAway is Saved - Transportation Choices Coalition - October 12, 2011
- Puget Sound transit agencies, UW keep ‘One Bus Away’ running - King County - October 12, 2011
- UW grad updates bus-service apps from Zurich - October 9, 2011
- Infoculture & Public Transit - Free Range Information - October 3, 2011
- Inside Windows Phone #25: One Bus Away - Channel 9 MSDN - October 5, 2011
- OneBusAway - Hurray - Seattle Times - September 30, 2011
- SDOT Plans Real-Time Bus Info, Other Improvements at Third and Pine - Publicola - September 29, 2011
- SDOT OneBusAway Dispaly at 3rd and Pine - SDOT Facebook Page - September 29, 2011
- Why OneBusAway is on speed-dial - Feeding Squirrels - September 28, 2011
- UW 360: OneBusAway - UW 360 - September 16, 2011
- OneBusAway as a Model for Other Transit APIs - http://apievangelist.com/ - September 12, 2011
- The Future of King County Bus Service (Last 5 mins of interview) - KUOW - The Conversation - August 11, 2001
- OneBusAway: Our Bus Friend Forever - Seattle Pulp, KOMO News - August 2, 2011
- 5 Must Have Transit Apps for your Smartphone - Amazon Wireless Blog - July 29, 2011
- Where's Your Bus? We have an "App" For That! - Intercity Transit - July 19, 2011
- There's an App for That - But Will It Last? - The Stranger, June 29, 2011
- One Bus Away creator gets new gig, what will happen to app? - My NorthWest - June 17, 2011
- Thanks, Seattle, for a Great Web Awards Party! - The Seattle Weekly - June 17, 2011
- When Will OneBusAway Upgrade to On-Board GPS Data? - The SunBreak - June 17, 2011
- Will OneBusAway stay put? - The Transit Wire - June 16, 2011
- White House Honors Unsung Open Data App Developers - Government Technology - June 15, 2011
- What will happen to OneBusAway? Seattle PI - June 15, 2011
- OneBusAway creator hired by Metro, briefly - Brier Dudley's Blog - Seattle Times - June 14, 2011
- Brian Ferris, OneBusAway Creator, Takes Job at Google, Leaving Future of Beloved Public Transportation App in Question - Seattle Weekly - June 14, 2011
- OneBusAway Might Go Away - Slog - June 14, 2011
- OneBusAway, Our Personal Savior, Is Not Leaving Us - Seattlest - June 14, 2011
- OneBusAway Faces "Number of Options" - The SunBreak - June 14, 2011
- A quick cheap way to improve transit service - Sustainable Industries - June 13, 2011
- Rider Alert: OneBusAway may abandon Seattle - Seattlest - June 13, 2011
- OneBusAway Faces Uncertain Future - KUOW - June 10, 2011
- OneBusAway on Front Page of Times - Seattle Transit Blog - May 23, 2011
- Great free bus app from UW, but creator off to Google - Brier Dudley's Blog - Seattle Times - May 23, 2011
- Free app tells you when your bus is coming - Seattle Times - May 23, 2011
- One *really* good reason to use a smart phone - Bus Chick - May 18, 2011
- Miami students invent app to track buses - The Oxford Press - May 11, 2011
- Innovative Transportation Solutions Award - WTS Puget Sound Chapter - Mar 22, 2011
- Open Source Software Helps an Oregon Transportation Department for GIS, Website Development - Government Technology - Mar 15, 2011
- OneBusAway Selected for USDOT Showcase - TransNow - Mar 9, 2011
- Calgary Transit comes out with iPhone app - Calgary Herald - Mar 7, 2011
- Technology in Transit - Sightline Daily - Mar 4, 2011
- Finalists of the first International PTx2 Awards announced - UITP - Mar 3, 2011
- OneBusAway - Seattle Rex - Mar 1, 2011
- NYC MTA BusTime launch - powered by OneBusAway
- BusTime System is Open Source - Center Networks - Feb 10th, 2011
- Real-time Bus Info at 1/4 the Cost via Open Source Software - Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems - Feb 7, 2011
- Brooklyn bus riders get real-time bus tracking via cellphone - Engadget - Feb 5, 2011
- The B63: Now in Real-Time - Bococa Land - Feb 4, 2011
- Where’s That B63 Bus? ‘MTA BusTime’ Knows! - Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Feb 3, 2011
- MTA Pilot Program Lets Riders Use Phones to Track Buses - WNYC News Blog - Feb 2, 2011
- MTA launches real-time bus info - The Transit Wire - Feb 2, 2011
- OpenPlans Puts MTA Bus Locations Online - OpenPlans - The Civic Hacker - Feb 1, 2011
- Real-Time Bus Info Arrives Along the B63 - StreetsBlog - Feb 1, 2011
- Brooklyn Gets Real-Time Bus Info - Transportation Nation - Feb 1, 2011
- Real-Time Bus Info Debuts on B63 With Open-Source Software - Gothamist - Feb 1, 2011
- Along the B63, an in-house real-time tracking solution - 2nd Ave Sagas - Feb 1, 2011
- Bus-tracking tech gets rolling in Brooklyn - New York Post - Feb 1, 2011
- BusTime Coming to the B63 - Center Networks - Feb 1, 2011
- MTA BusTime Hits Brooklyn - mta.info - Feb 1, 2011
- Transportation Barriers Survey - Seattle Transit Blog - Jan 29, 2011
- 40 apps for families - Parent Map - Jan 28, 2011
2010
- Microsoft: 1.5 million Windows Phones sold (to mobile operators and retail) - LiveSide.net - December 21, 2010
- Metro Tools for Transit - City of Redmond - December 6, 2010
- Best Windows Phone 7 location apps - Pocket-Lint - November 30, 2010
- Snow routes hamper bus tracker site; developer hoping to make changes - Seattle Times - The Weather Beat - November 24, 2010
- How an iPhone app failed bus riders during Seattle snowstorm - John Cook - TechFlash - November 22, 2010
- UW Students Create 'OneBusAway' Program To Encourage Public Transportation - RITA UTC - November, 2010
- Ann's Gettin' Around Town Apps - appolicious Android Apps - October 27, 2010
- Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 Rich with Apps - InformationWeek - October 21, 2010
- IdeaScale Case Study: OneBusAway mobile app feedback widget - IdeaScale - October 6, 2010
- Transit & Amenities E-Kiosk Unveiled in South Lake Union - Seattle Transit Blog - August 26, 2010
- Do you have an app for that? - Metro Magazine - August 27, 2010
- King County, WA's Open Data Turned into Real-Time Bus Tracking App - Government Technology - July 7, 2010
- In Seattle, Tracking Buses in Real-Time - Tech President - July 7, 2010
- Hvor blir det av bussen min? (Norwegian) - Suongirs Blogg - July 3, 2010
- Tech: Bus Tracking System Gives Users Easy Ride - Discovery News - July 2, 2010
- King County turns to apps to shape the future of open data - King 5 - June 29, 2010
- OneBusAway: An Open Source Tool for Finding Your Bus Fast - World Changing - June 17, 2010
- Library launches smart phone app; Seattle open data movement gaining steam - Capitol Hill Seattle Blog - June 7, 2010
- UW-Designed Tool Finds Buses and Awards - Columns (UW Alum Mag) - June, 2010
- Making Transit Easier with OneBusAway - Green Growth Cascadia - May 24, 2010
- Bus Stop Alarm is finalist in Google "Juicy Ideas Collegiate Competition" - UW CSE News - May 24, 2010
- King County ready for "Government 2.0" - Seattle PI - May 18, 2010
- OneBusAway - Urban Bliss - April 24, 2010
- Initial experiences with OneBusAway - Tacoma Tomorrow - April 23, 2010
- The route to smart transit - IBM Developer Works - April 13, 2010
- March new of note - Bus Chick - March 26, 2010
- OneBusAway - The Quantum Pontiff - March 5, 2010
- GPS Tracking Cuts Sense of Time in Half for Transit Riders - Vehicle Path - Feb 2, 2010
- Routing Traffic Through the Streets of Seattle Through the Mobile Web... - Seattke 24x7
- OneBusAway: Improving Public Transportation One App at a Time (PDF) - Transportation Northwest Newsletter - Winter, 2010
- WTIA Industry Achievement Awards - WTIA - 2010
- Best of '09 - Shopping & Style - Seattle Magazine - 2010
2009
- The Transit Holy Grail: OneBusAway - Seattlest - October 15, 2009
- OneBusAway has a new free iphone app - Seattle Metblogs - September 17, 2009
- OneBusAway launches native iPhone app - Seattle Transit Blog - September 17, 2009
- Kevin Desmond on Taking King County Metro Data "Private" - The SunBreak - September 17, 2009
- Cellphone bus tracking applications developed - Metro Magazine - April, 2009
- Resource: OneBusAway - World Changing Seattle - March 5, 2009
- Making Seattle transit connections on time with OneBusAway.org - Tech Flash - March 3, 2009
- Catch the Bus Without the Huff and Puff - Discovery Channel News - Tech Blog - Feb 20, 2009
- Another Seattle bus tool: OneBusAway - The Old New Thing- February 17, 2010
- Riding the bus just got easier - MyNorthwest.com - Feb 11, 2009
- Where's your bus? On your cellphone - Queen Anne View - Feb 10, 2009
- Where's that bus?!? Sweat no more - KOMO News - Feb 13, 2009
- Bus left you waiting in the cold? Use your cellphone to track it down - University Week - Feb 5, 2009
2008