Say Hello to Moovit 4.0, Local Transit App Redesigned from Ground Up to
Guide Riders to Destination with Just a Few Taps
Sweeping new personalization features quickly help Android users plan their trip, find the best
routes, and get notifications about conditions in real time
(SAN FRANCISCO) – April 20, 2015 –
Today, Moovit, the intelligent local transit app unveils the next
evolution of its global, crowd-powered mobility platform, Moovit 4.0 for Android. Moovit users can
now go anywhere, anytime in just a few taps. The newest edition features a suite of new En Route
and personalization controls and a new re-engineered user interface that empower riders to share
and receive live community reports about conditions of lines and stations affecting their local transit
routes and potentially those of other riders. Now the Moovit community of more than 20 million
riders can plan their transit (and lives) even better in over 600 cities, in 55 countries, in 36 languages.
Moovit 4.0 is designed with every transit rider in mind including the experienced transit rider who
needs the right facts to help guide the journey, plus the more novice transit rider or tourist who may
need more handholding to make the trip seamless and stress-free. In either scenario, the journey
begins with the home screen: Moovit’s new OmniSearch bar allows users to search for any place,
address or destination for quick and easy trip planning. The Near Me feature allows you to locate
yourself on the map, find nearby stations and view next arrival times. En Route features accompany
you all the way to your destination, allowing you to track your progress on the map, see your
estimated arrival time, and get alerted when it’s time to get off so you never miss your stop again. If
you’re a complete pro, the Favorites feature allows you to simply tap on your favorites to get instant
trip planning to your favorite places, and next arrival times for your most frequented routes.
Leveraging the power of the community, riders get notifications about conditions in real time
including station and vehicle crowdedness, cleanliness, live events, and even incidents.
“When you work hard enough to build and deliver a product that people want around the world, you
owe it to them to deliver updates t
hat meet their needs and beyond,” said Alex Torres, vice president
of global product marketing for Moovit.
“
Whether you're taking transit in Sydney or San Francisco, the
user experience of taking public transit is all about discovery and timing. We redesigned the app from
the bottom up with the transit rider in mind, so people can see exactly the information they need,
precisely at the moment they need it
."
New Moovit 4.0 features include:
● Simplified Design & Improved Usability: Moovit 4.0 is optimized for riders on-the-go. Rebuilt
from the ground up with community feedback, riders spend less time screen-tapping, so they
can smoothly reach their destination faster.
● The Power of OmniSearch: the one-stop search box for any destination. Type a local address
or POI to find the best transit options to your destination. Or search for any line in your city to
see everywhere it can take you.
● Real-Time Notifications
: With a single tap, the new En Route feature provides real-time ETAs
to your destination and notifications about when to disembark.
● Live User Reports:
Helping other riders has never been this easy. Improved User Reporting
functions let riders share live transit conditions including line changes, facility conditions,
incidents, and other circumstances that can affect everyone’s trips.
● Offline Support:
Temporarily lost internet connection? No problem. Moovit stores any
planned trip, including all of its directions and line information, maps and schedules for easy
offline access when you need it.
“Building a world-class product means understanding your users worldwide; learning and negotiating
cultural nuances, worldwide; adapting to and assimilating different infrastructures, worldwide; in
languages you don’t even speak,”
said Nir Erez, CEO of Moovit. “
Moovit 4.0 was only made possible by
the combined, dedicated efforts of our incredible community on the ground, in over 55 countries, and
our partners around the world who share our vision and help us make our product better, daily. On
behalf of the Moovit team, I offer you a heartfelt thank you.”
Never closed for renovation, Moovit has launched in over 100 new cities in 2015, with service for 600
cities worldwide since launch. In the US alone, Moovit now supports more than 60 cities and has over
1.5 million users. The company recently raised $50M dollars in Series-C funding to further expand
international operations in key markets and has opened its Global Marketing HQ in San Francisco.
Moovit is available for free in the
Apple iTunes App Store
,
Google Play App Store
,
Windows Phone
App Marketplace
, or at
moovitapp.com
. Moovit 4.0 for iOS is expected to launch in coming weeks.
About Moovit
The Moovit app has everything you need to travel on public transport the smartest, speediest and
easiest way possible. By combining information from public transport operators and authorities with
live information from the user community, Moovit offers travelers a real-time picture and the fastest
and the most comfortable routes. User Reporting functions even let riders share live conditions about
their routes, including line changes, facility conditions, incidents, and other circumstances that can
affect everyone else too. The more people use Moovit, the more real-time information concerning
buses and trains is distributed.
Press Contact
Stephanie Waxman - Vantage PR for Moovit
415-984-1970 x0117
[email protected]