Is done*. I am so 1337.

*OK, fine, it’s not totally done yet. It still is missing the SMS interface. But I am waiting for emails from vendors, and my second alternative (sending SMS through e-mail) can’t be done yet because Sun’s dev website is down for maintenance. The command line interface is awesome.

You can just type the first few letters of a metro station, and it’ll respond with the times. Hopefully I’ll have the other part done tomorrow, and then it’ll be ready to party!

Sample output (this is from the command line client). Text in bold is output.

dooo
Could not find a station beginning with dooo
d
Did you mean Dunn Loring-Merrifield or Dupont Circle
dupont
Dupont Circle
RD 6  Glenmont 7
RD 6  Shady Grove BRD
RD 6  Shady Grove 20

metro
Metro Center
RD 6  Glenmont BRD
RD 6  Glenmont 16
RD 6  Shady Grove 8
RD 6  Shady Grove 13
BL 6  Largo Town Center 2
OR 8  New Carrollton 7
BL 6  Largo Town Center 19
BL 6  Franconia 2
OR 8  Vienna 11
OR 6  Vienna 13

gal
Gallery Pl-Chinatown
RD 6  Glenmont 1
RD 6  Glenmont 17
RD 6  Shady Grove 7
RD 6  Shady Grove 12
GR 6  Greenbelt BRD
GR 6  Greenbelt 14
GR 6  Branch Avenue 7
YL 4  Huntington 11

To-dos:

  • Optionally specify the line (red, green, etc…) you want.
  • Get rid of # of cars (bc who cares!)
  • Get rid of no-passenger/mystery cars
  • Release it as a command line client, for other geeks (hey, you can order pizza via the command line now…)