The Metro Bus website, ridemetrobus.com, has been redesigned to include a new trip planning tool and updated how to ride videos in English, Spanish and Somali languages to help visitors learn how to plan a trip, use the farebox, board the bus with wheelchairs or strollers, how to use the bike rack, and more.
“Our goal with the new website is to make Metro Bus more user-friendly,” said Berta Hartig, marketing and communications manager for Metro Bus. “People have told us they don’t have the time or patience to figure out bus schedules. With our trip planner, you just need to know where you are, where you want to go and what time you want to be there. Our tool does the figuring out for you.”
In addition to basic trip planning information the Metro Bus trip planner tool allows customers to check the next departures for a particular stop, view timetables and see which other routes they can transfer to nearby.
Hartig said the trip planner is in beta/test mode and welcomes people to share feedback to help improve the tool. An email link is provided on the trip planner’s results page.
The site was launched today, but may take a couple of days for the internet to redirect to the new address. Some will see the new site as early as today. The how to ride videos in English and Spanish are released with the launch, with the Somali version soon to follow.
