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1 | = **Upcoming Buses in Stop Popups** = | ||
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3 | A stop popup on Bus Time for Desktop Web displays upcoming buses for a single bus stop. To find your stop and open its stop popup, see [[Searching for Your Stop>>Help.DesktopSearching]]. Below is a description of the different types of bus information in a stop popup. | ||
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6 | **'Buses en-route:'** | ||
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8 | In this section stop popups show bus routes in a single direction (bus stops usually serve 1 direction per route) with upcoming bus arrivals. | ||
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10 | A bus route direction includes the bus route name ('X17') and the bus direction/destination ('to E Midtown 57 St'). | ||
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12 | Upcoming bus arrivals are shown below the route direction in terms of distance from that bus stop, in miles or stops (if 3 stops away or less). Bus routes are sorted by first arrivals. | ||
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14 | Clicking on any bus route in a stop popup will launch a search for that bus route. | ||
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16 | [[image:DesktopPopup-Arrival-Info-Colors.png]] | ||
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20 | **'No buses en-route to this stop:'** | ||
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22 | This section displays bus routes currently scheduled to run but with no nearby buses headed towards this stop ^^1^^. The bus route name and destination will be gray. In this case, please check back later for updates. | ||
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24 | ,,^^1^^ More specifically, 1) no buses are currently headed to this stop from the 1st stop in this direction, also called a 'terminal' of the route, AND 2) no buses are headed to the terminal from within 5 miles in the other direction. Buses often 'wraparound' at a terminal and change directions after a scheduled layover. Also see **'(+ scheduled layover at terminal)'** below for more info. | ||
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27 | **'No scheduled service at this time:'** | ||
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29 | If there are routes with no buses currently scheduled to this stop, the route names will be greyed out and in this section. | ||
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32 | ==Layover Information== | ||
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34 | **'(+ scheduled layover at terminal)'** | ||
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36 | If the bus is heading to your bus stop but will first head to a terminal (this means a route endpoint, not a bus terminal building) before reaching this stop, the stop popup displays this above phrase. | ||
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38 | The distance displayed should be combined with a scheduled layover at the terminal between the last stop of a route in one direction and 1st stop of a route in the other direction ^^2^^. | ||
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40 | ,,^^2^^ This information displays upcoming bus arrivals to people waiting at bus stops at the beginning of routes. '(+ scheduled layover at terminal)' will be shown for any buses within 5 miles of the last stop in the other direction, also called a 'terminal' of the route. Buses often 'wraparound' at a terminal and change directions after a scheduled layover. The length of a layover may vary but **'scheduled to depart'** information is also shown when possible. For routes shorter than 5 miles, upcoming bus arrivals are only shown within 1 previous terminal-to-terminal trip in the other direction.,, | ||
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43 | **'(at terminal)'** | ||
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45 | If the bus is already at the terminal, the stop popup will also indicate, when possible, the expected departure time: | ||
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47 | [[image:Desktop-Popup-Layover-Info.png]] | ||
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50 | ==Alert Information== | ||
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52 | Occasionally, the MTA may need to change schedules or routes to accommodate conditions. In these cases, there will be a red "Alert" link next to the route name and destination. | ||
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54 | Clicking this link will open the Alert in the sidebar to the left of the map. This will describe the issue and the impact on service. | ||
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56 | [[image:Desktop-Popup-Alert-Info.png]] | ||
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59 | ==Bus Stop Information On the Go== | ||
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61 | **'While at the bus stop...'** | ||
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63 | At the bottom of the stop popup, there is information about how to get upcoming bus info for that stop on the go: | ||
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65 | * **Text** MTA Bus Time **To: 511123** a message containing **the 6-digit Stopcode** at the top of stop popups or at bus stops [[on bus stop poles>>Help.FindingAStopCode]]. | ||
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67 | * **Text your intersection** ('broadway & 14th st') **To: 511123** if you don't know your Stopcode. More info is available at [[this page>>Help.TextIt]]. | ||
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69 | * If you have an internet-enabled smartphone, try [[Bus Time for Mobile>>Help.MobileSearching]] by entering your Route, Intersection or Stopcode at [[https://mta.info/bustime>>https://mta.info/bustime]]. | ||
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71 | [[image:DesktopPopup-Footer-Info.png]] |