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St. Mary's County transit app gets usability fixes, live-tracking clarifications; November update planned

6440253 · October 17, 2025
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Summary

At its final quarterly 2025 meeting, the Transportation Advisory Committee reviewed user feedback on the county's new STS transit app and heard staff say version 2 — including direction arrows, route-filtering and links to full schedules — is planned for release in November.

The Transportation Advisory Committee of St. Mary's County on Tuesday reviewed user comments and planned upgrades to the county's new STS transit app, and staff said a second release is scheduled for November that will add clearer direction indicators, links to full route schedules and notification features.

Committee chair said the app rollout has produced useful feedback and that staff will pursue several changes with the county IT department. The chair said the app shows county routes on a map with flags at official stops, and users suggested a legend, clearer north/south differentiation and a way to filter overlapping routes.

Allison Swint, a staff member responsible for STS technology and operations, told the committee the system already uses GPS…

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