Citymapper to expand into Dublin

p_haugh

Article in the Business Post today stating that Citymapper is set to launch in Dublin this week.

Online article here (behind a paywall however): https://www.businesspost.ie/transport/citymapper-urban-transport-app-set-for-dublin-launch-fa776a1f

Tweet with photo of the print article:
https://twitter.com/transportdublin/status/1335564984676478979?s=20

p_haugh

Update - looks to be live now, although no official announcement from Citymapper (seems like that is happening tomorrow)

expectationlost

so why would you use it?

strandroad

So what does it do that Leap card and Google Maps don't?...

vrusinov

I used it when travelling to other cities and the directions are much, much better then what Google Maps gives you. Especially when changes between different transport modes are required.

It also tells you what price of the trip would be and what kind of ticket would you need.

atilladehun

Never heard of it before but sounds great as a tourist if you don't know the city.

Dublin's poor public transport is very commuter focussed, anyone who wants to make a journey that doesn't resemble a wheel spoke could be interested.

Dick Turnip

I used this when I lived in London and it was excellent there anyway. Interesting to see what it's like for Dublin.

trellheim

Citymapper beats all the others by a mile works in most major urbans happy days lets hope they are rolling in dublin bike stand availability into it as well

p_haugh

trellheim wrote: »

Citymapper beats all the others by a mile works in most major urbans happy days lets hope they are rolling in dublin bike stand availability into it as well

They have Dublin bikes integrated from the get go, I'm surprised that mobi or bleeper aren't available yet though.

lukiluc

So have people used the Dublin version? How does it compare to other journey planners? I just checked a Northside-Southside bike route and it wanted to send me round the North/ South Circular (not ideal)... Any feedback appreciated...