Observed arrival · 2026-09-06
MetroSMS: Transit by Text
A transit-information platform that presents real-time Albuquerque bus and UNM shuttle updates through standard SMS, with a browser simulator for testing.
Field notes
The platform separates municipal ART/ABQ RIDE traffic from UNM PATS shuttle data and presents both SMS numbers and a browser-based phone simulator. Its described input layer accepts intersections, landmarks, reminder requests, and Spanish questions, while the backend claims to combine GTFS-RT vehicle positions, trip updates, and service alerts. The page lists 1,758 synced stops and corridors, 218,000 arrival vectors, and sub-400-millisecond query processing, though those operational claims are not independently verifiable from the extract.
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