I knew there were key features that were absolutely necessary for an app that serviced daily metro riders, however, I wanted to do more. In Los Angeles, due to congestion, car traffic and under utilization of the Los Angeles sprawl, there is a growing push for better urban planning, including but not limited to being a less car-centric city. Increasing dense, bikeable/walkable urban areas, creating better zoning laws for multi-use apartment complexes/high rises, etc. No matter how may more traffic lanes are added, it seems to do nothing to alleviate traffic and citizens' growing dissatisfaction with sitting around in endless traffic jams. Part of the cure for this is to add more public transportation, e.g. busses and trains. There is currently a decent infrastructure in place (however, like all things, could always be better) - however , the utility of of live, reliable information for this service is greatly lacking with no apparent good reason. It appears that Los Angeles, despite having massive coffers and funds to fund such things, has left the development and availability of such information to existing app platforms such as Google Maps and Apple Maps, as well as other third party apps.

This app combines the functionality of something like Google Maps (live GPS tracking of busses, crowd funded information such as availability of seats, how crowded the bus is, etc.) and adds even MORE information, as well as utility such as safety tools (alerts, reporting for crime, etc... think a cross-over between Citizen [sans fear mongering] and Google Maps), as well as information about neighborhoods (places to eat, points of interest, etc.) to let riders learn more about surrounding areas in their own backyards.