OneBusAway has won a lot of awards. This is an archive of mentions of
OneBusAway in the news and awards we’ve won / been nominated for.

Awards:

• Puget Sound Regional Council – VISION 2040 Award – 2011
• International PTx2 Awards – Finalist – 2011
• Seattle 2.0 Awards – Finalist for Best Non-Profit Startup – 2010

We’ve also been mentioned in the news on a number of occasions:

2015:

• The Best Evidence Yet That Real-Time Info Increases Ridership – Atlantic Cities, March 9, 2015

2014:

• For Blind Riders a New App Boosts Independence – Fox News, September 3, 2014
• StopInfo For OneBusAway App Makes Buses More Usable For Blind Riders – UW Today, August 18, 2014
• Three Big-Time Benefits of Real-Time Transit Data – Atlantic Cities, August 15, 2014
• New App Takes the Guesswork Out of Taking MARTA – 11 Alive, March 11, 2014
• Campus Parkway Gets Real (Time) – Seattle DOT Blog, January 29, 2014
• How Good Data Makes Transit Feel More Efficient-Even When It’s Not – Gizmodo India, January 29, 2014
• How to Make Waiting for the Bus Feel Much, Much Shorter – Atlantic Cities, January 22, 2014

2013:

• HART Riders to Track Buses Via New App – Tampa Tribune, 29 August, 2013
• HART offers new “One Bus Away” app WTSP Online – August 19, 2013
• With New App, Hillsborough Bus Riders Can Track Their Ride – Tampa Bay Times, August 18, 2013
• OneBusAway: Sound Transit’s New Killer App? – CrossCut, May 7, 2013
• Sound Transit Adopts OneBusAway – Seattle Blog, April 27, 2013
• Georgia Tech Students Help Design Transit Apps – Fox Atlanta, April 25, 2013

2012:

• Real time Bus Information Available at Benaroya Hall – City of Seattle News Advisory – 14 August 2012
• Coming Soon to Detroit: Live Bus Arrival Times Via Text Message? – Xconomy Detroit – 30 March 2012
• Google Transit: How (and Why) the Search Giant is Remapping Public Transportation – Xconomy San Francisco – 21 February 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 Away: Popular app gets a boost – Seattle Times – 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
• 5 Must Have Transit Apps for your Smartphone – Amazon Wireless Blog – July 29, 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
• 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
• 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 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
• Open Source Software Helps an Oregon Transportation Department for GIS, Website Development – Government Technology – Mar 15, 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
  • 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
  • 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

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

2008:

• Another cool bus tool – Bus Chick, Transit Authority – November 17, 2008
• OneBusAway: The Ultimate Bus Tool – Seattle Transit Blog – August 15, 2008
• Where is your bus? – Seattle Livejournal – August 4, 2008 – Our first public appearance?