{"id":3653,"date":"2012-03-16T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2012-03-16T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T07:45:00","slug":"mbta-apps-our-friday-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3653","title":{"rendered":"MBTA Apps Our Friday Link"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401676390d610970b\" id=\"photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401676390d610970b\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 502px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401676390d610970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mbta app page\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401676390d610970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401676390d610970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px; border: 1px solid #A2A1A1;\" title=\"Mbta app page\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We love knowing when the bus or train is coming and have used those iPhone apps for awhile. Recently, we noticed that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbta.com\/rider_tools\/apps\/\" target=\"_self\">MBTA has added a page for Apps to its Rider Tools section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, don&#39;t forget that <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/know-when-your-bus-is-late-with-live.html\" target=\"_self\">Google Maps also give you live transit updates.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#39;ve used <a href=\"http:\/\/catchthebusapp.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Catch the Bus<\/a> for a long time but would like to hear what you are using and how well it works.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #888888;\">What&#39;s on your green living shopping list? 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