iMove is still crap -_-

It was frustrating enough to see TransLink waste 1 million dollars on iMove, but it makes it ten times worse seeing them refuse to improve the site, especially after promising improvements down the line. I’ve known about iMove for nearly half a year now, with absolutely no major fixes to the site in that time.

I’ve checked into the site every once in a while, and from what I can tell, it’s never updated with any real time crashes or incidents (it’s main purpose). Looking at it right now, it shows a bunch of “incidents” from November or early December. The site also refuses to make the proper distinction between “construction” and an “incident” – most have a triangle, but one uses a cone…

I’m also interested in seeing if that real time traffic overlay actually works. And why do they have it for the Massey Tunnel and Highway 1 near the Second Narrows, but not for the Lion’s Gate (especially when that bridge has the technology in place, viewable on this site)?

That’s without mentioning the ugly interface, an area where absolutely no fixes have been seen. What’s going on with iMove?

3 Responses to “iMove is still crap -_-”

  1. bz  on January 1st, 2008

    The site worked for me. Told me it would take 3hrs a day to take the bus to/from work and only 40mins to drive.

    Thank you for nothing, Translink!

  2. Erika Rathje  on January 1st, 2008

    To me it’s like looking at a webpage that had a tornado sweep through it and no one’s bothered to clean up.

    In the end I can’t help but think, who cares? Maybe it’s NOT useful, or the right solution, or an effective solution. Can’t go beating a dead horse even if it did cost a dreadful $1 million. Maybe we just need to ditch it.

  3. Miss604’s Canuck Life :: A Vancouver Blog » Blog Archive » First Link Fest of 2008  on January 2nd, 2008

    [...] i-Move.ca still sucks, and I totally trust Paul’s judgement on this one [PaulHilldson] [...]


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