{"id":1808349,"date":"2022-08-02T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1808349"},"modified":"2022-08-02T21:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T01:10:00","slug":"rmtransit-on-navigating-transit-on-your-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/08\/rmtransit-on-navigating-transit-on-your-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"RMTransit on Navigating Transit on Your Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Navigating Transit with Your Phone is Hard\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ytJK75DKG1g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Transit is an entirely different paradigm, and transit systems and their data are more complex and less standardized: these are among the reasons, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ytJK75DKG1g\">Reece argues in today\u2019s RMTransit video<\/a>, why using your phone\u2019s mapping app to navigate while using transit is a less satisfying experience than it is when driving, or even walking or cycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transit is an entirely different paradigm, and transit systems and their data are more complex and less standardized: these are among the reasons, Reece argues in today\u2019s RMTransit video, why using your phone\u2019s mapping app&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/08\/rmtransit-on-navigating-transit-on-your-phone\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1808349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","category-transit","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4478,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/06\/baltimores-radical-new-transit-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808349,"position":0},"title":"Baltimore&#8217;s Radi(c)al New Transit Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 June 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Baltimore gets a radical new transit map\u00a0(direct PDF link) to go along with its redesigned bus network, which goes into service on Sunday. 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