And had great success!  Even learned about a new and better bus route that I hadn't previously known of.

SpotBus is really cool and fun to use!  Thanks for sharing this, Eric!

Try it again. I used that example because I know it works -- just did it again this morning, in fact.

For years now, whenever I meet someone in a city or county government funding transit or anyone who works for a transit agency I make this pitch:

We need to make transit routes part of the address so that services like this are not necessary.

I suggest starting with all government offices and events:  whenever anything is published (business cards, newspaper or radio ads, flyers, brochures, web pages, ANYTHING) that gives a physical address, the publisher would have to give the route identifiers of nearby transit routes, with a limit of five routes for offices on heavily served routes.  Work with the transit agency to make sure that every public agency office thinks of and uses its transit routes as part of its address on its letterhead, etc.

You could do it on the next line down from the office name, to avoid messing with postal systems:

Gov't Office Name
Metro: 1, 1A, 7, 19, 42
1000 Downtown Square, Ste. 730
Anytown, ST Zip+Four

So far, not a single elected or staff official has ever said anything other than "That's a good idea" (sometimes "That's a great idea!") --- but, to my knowledge, not a single one has done anything with it. The inertia factor is just too large.

Once government offices do it, it could easily spread into commercial businesses (retail), and then into all businesses and non-profits that seek visitors.

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