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[gfish]

I know this won't be useful to many of you, but I wanted to get it indexed as a public service.

If you want to create a link to Vancouver TransLink's NextBus page that will always load for right now (as compared to the time when you happened to bookmark it), add a bookmark with the following URL:

javascript:d = new Date(); document.location = "http://tripplanning.translink.bc.ca/hiwire?.a=iNextBusFind&.s=%7B%24SID%7D&ShowTimes=1&NumStopTimes=5&LineDirId=&GetSchedules=1&Geocode=0&FormState=0&StopAbbr=XXXXX&FromHourDropDown=" + d.getHours() * 100 + "&FromMinuteDropDown=" + d.getMinutes() + "&FromMeridiemDropDown=" + (d.getHours() >= 12 ? 'p' : 'a') + "&SB=Search&.a=iTripPlanning";

Replace XXXXX with whatever stop number you're interested in. Boom, quick and easy way to check for the next bus arrival.

Comments

Re: That makes more sense, but still...

[gfish.livejournal.com]

If you visit the NextBus page, the form defaults to right now. But the search results have the time hardcoded into the URL, so if you bookmark that page, every time you visit it the results will be for the same time. Using the javascript lets you jump directly to the search results for right now. It's very silly that I have to do this -- the page should have a 'right now' option. But transit website tend to suck that way.

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[avicado.livejournal.com]

That computes. And as much as I like silliness, it's nice to know I have friends out there who are good at dispelling this particular sort of silliness. Another blow struck for the cause of disgruntled public transportation users - huzzah!

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