iPad uses GPS to tell you when the next bus will arrive

[hal]

davester wrote:
[quote=hal]
yes, because people that own ipads are VERY likely to be mass transit users too...

This is a very unfortunate attitude that prevails in much (though not all) of the US. In many countries and parts of the US (New York, San Francisco, etc) mass transit does not have the "lower class" stigma that it does here. This really needs to change. Mass transit in some areas is far superior to using a car to get around. There are many american metropolitan areas that have sufficient density for mass transit to transform the act of getting around to one of ease and convenience, but are currently mired in awful traffic and no viable mass transit because of the stigma. I'm not criticizing you personally hal, because once the populace has relegated mass transit to the mental dustbin of underclass status it fulfills that expectation by becoming crummy and unreliable due to lack of funding. There needs to be a renaissance in public transportation in this country.
I knew a comment like this was coming... and I agree... but the truth is, that outside of a very few large metros with efficient mass transit, mass transit is used primarily by the poor.

I only live an hour from you, but seeing people checking iphones while at a bus stop is not something I'm likely to see any time soon.