I’ve been playing around with Skookul.com (Say it out loud. Get it?) all day. The main page is a list of some of the city’s upcoming concerts, but the real magic is their transportation page.
All of Septa’s buses, trains, and trolleys are listed, and updated on a Google Map of the city in real time with where they actually are. You’ll never have to guess where the hell your bus is again. It even tells you exactly how late all the trains are (I’ve clicked on half the list so far…and every single one is running at least 10 minutes late…).
While I obviously can’t speak for it’s accuracy (not that I doubt it is), the good news is that all of the bus and trolley updates are pretty recent – most of them were updated 1-2 minutes ago. The longest gap I’ve seen so far is 7 minutes.
If anything, the site is excellent entertainment for the easily amused. It’s pretty neat to see exactly how many buses Septa has running each route – and pretty silly to see how close most of them are to each other!
I am thrilled to see your feedback, Diana. A friend pointed me to your blog. Glad to see you like the site! I will be adding more apps very soon… stay tuned.