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St. Mary's County announces new Saint Mary's Transit app to show live bus locations
Summary
A speaker at a St. Mary's County meeting announced an app from the county IT and public works departments that shows live locations and arrival times for Saint Mary's Transit System buses on Apple and Android devices.
An unidentified speaker at a St. Mary's County meeting announced that the county's IT department and Department of Public Works and Transportation have launched a mobile app for the Saint Mary's Transit System (STS) that displays bus locations and arrival times.
The speaker said the app is available on Apple and Android devices and demonstrated a sample display, saying, “If I click on this bus here, bus Number 4 Charlotte Hall southbound, it's at Leonard Hall Drive at the Governmental Center. It'll be here approximately for or the next stop is right now, right here.” The speaker encouraged residents who have not used the transit system to try it and described the rollout as part of a broader modernization push for STS.
No new fares, funding allocations or policy changes for STS were announced in the remarks. The speaker described the app as free to download and linked it to ongoing advocacy by current and previous county commissioners for modernization of the transit system.
The speaker briefly referenced a CAC card in passing but did not provide details about its purpose, eligibility or how it relates to the new app.
