Pribyvalka
Real-time departures for Samara public transport on your iPhone.
An iPhone app that tells you when your bus, tram or trolleybus is going to arrive at a stop.
It also tries to track commercial buses, and sometimes it gets it right. Pribyvalka is aware of the real-time situation on the roads: traffic jams, accidents and transit schedule.
Pribyvalka knows where you are and shows you real-time departures right away.
Map, compass and the distance bar help you find any stop and not get lost in unknown places.
Finds any of the 1437 Samara stops by name or adjacent street.
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We strive to make this app for our home city not only feature-packed, but also nice and beautiful. That’s why the strings of our code are full of love, and every new update has subtle but warmhearted details.
Every municipal bus, tram and trolleybus, as well as many commercial buses, are equipped with GPS/GLONASS trackers. They transmit their location into the universal information system. This data along with the current traffic speed, previous stats and schedule are used to calculate arrival/departure forecasts. Pribyvalka shows them to passengers.
– What’s this stack of cards on the main screen?Cards are the nearest stops. Any Samara stop can be found via search by name or adjacent street.
– Why don’t I see forecasts for some commercial buses?Not all the commercial transport is equipped with GPS trackers – unlike municipal transport. New routes are being gradually added to the system.
– Why can forecasts be wrong near terminating stops?The algorithms that are used to calculate forecasts work best for the transport that is already on route. Schedule is not always followed by drivers, that’s why it’s hard to know when a driver goes on route.
– Why do I see forecasts at night?Some drivers probably just forget to turn off their GPS trackers.
– Why don’t I see forecasts for several minutes, but transport still arrives?If you are sure this is not a connection problem, then probably the issue is on our side. Usually, we are automatically notified when something is broken and fix it as soon as possible. If the problem hasn’t gone away within several minutes, please tell us.
There can be different reasons: sudden route changes because of accidents, tracker breakdown or algorithm errors. Please tell us where and when the mistake occurred so we could improve the overall forecast quality. We’d be happy if you tell us using the format: “On October 1st, about 19:30 at the State University stop I saw a #22 tram, but it hasn’t appeared in Pribyvalka”
– I don’t have an iPhone or iPad. Can I use Pribyvalka on other platforms?Pribyvalka works only in Samara now. There are similar apps for other cities like Yandex.Transport or Citymapper. If you want Pribyvalka for your city, drop us a line!
– I don’t have an iPhone or iPad. Can I use Pribyvalka on other platforms?Sure! Mobile Pribyvalka works on Android, Windows Phone and J2ME. Samara Trasnport Operator website can show forecasts, build routes and display transport in real time on live maps.
– I know how to make Pribyvalka better! Where should I send my ideas?To our email: prbvlk@gmail.com or just here:
The app has been built by a group of friends in their free time – voluntarily and for free. You can send a warm thankyou to prbvlk@gmail.com or on Twitter: @prbvlk.
We also want to thank “Samara-Informsputnik” and personally Alex Sergeyev for sympathy, assistance and help in tough situations.