[HN Gopher] Show HN: Public transportation departure board
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Show HN: Public transportation departure board
Author : sschueller
Score : 15 points
Date : 2025-05-30 13:28 UTC (9 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.stationdisplay.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.stationdisplay.com)
| rekenaut wrote:
| This is very cool! I love the idea of having a device dedicated
| to local transit as opposed to having another thing pulling me to
| my phone. I wish there was something similar for American cities.
| sschueller wrote:
| Thanks. We are spoiled here in Switzerland with all the public
| transit data being open and available to anyone.
|
| I may expand to more regions but at this time the device is
| only CE certified and for the US I would need to get FCC.
| gbhdrew wrote:
| Maybe a Tidbyt? Looks like it works for a few US cities'
| transit systems. https://tidbyt.com/
|
| I haven't used this personally, though, so can't really vouch
| for it yet
| andrewjf wrote:
| I don't like the Tidbyt v2. I hated it from the minute I
| unboxed it, would not recommend. The pixels are very blurry
| and the image is not crisp at all. The v1 was pretty good,
| looks more like a dot oriented board (far less resolution).
| more discussion: https://discuss.tidbyt.com/t/gen2-blurry-
| screen/6654
|
| I replaced the tidbyts with a Dakboard, specifically a
| https://shop.dakboard.com/products/pixeltoptech
| busymom0 wrote:
| This looks nice. Can you explain what the purpose of the app is
| though?
|
| Also, "Indoor use only" is a very big limitation.
| sschueller wrote:
| The App is for configuration only. Setting up the wifi and
| picking which station to display as well as other options. It
| was the easiest for the end customer but for me a huge pain...
|
| This version is intended for offices and indoor spaces. Outdoor
| would require a lot of other things which I may work on in the
| future.
| v9v wrote:
| If this is only for Switzerland, why the English website?
| sschueller wrote:
| Since Switzerland has 4 national languages and I don't speak
| French or Italian very well I decided to use English as the
| alternate language for now. Although not one of the four
| national languages, many do read and speak it.
| 1shooner wrote:
| Reminds me of this project that just came up on DC's reddit:
|
| https://github.com/TokyoExpress/metrobox/
| throwaway81523 wrote:
| Seems like it could be done as a phone app? Anyway, departure
| times are only part of the problem. I often want to know the
| arrival time of a train that has already departed, because I have
| to pick up a passenger who is aboard an incoming train. Or in the
| case of buses (nextbus.com in the US), I'm already on board bus
| #123 and I want to know its current location as a position on the
| bus route, so I can estimate how long til I reach my desired
| stop. This is for cases when the bus is going through an
| unfamiliar part of a city. The data is already on the servers, so
| it's annoying that the apps don't use it.
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