FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact
Information:
Roger L. Cauvin
(512) 327-3097
rcauvin@dadnab.com
Dadnab Extends Transit Texting Service to Southern California
Los
Angeles, CA (March 16, 2009) — Southern California commuters are now using text
messaging to plan their trips on public transportation. Transportation startup Dadnab (www.dadnab.com) is the first to provide such a
service to riders throughout the region.
A
Dadnab user in Southern California sends an SMS text message from a mobile
phone to socal@dadnab.com, specifying an origin, destination, and optional
departure or arrival time in the message.
The service replies with an itinerary for reaching the desired
destination, including which bus or train to take, at which location, at what
time.
Dadnab
serves Los Angeles and surrounding counties, connecting Orange, Pasadena,
Laguna Beach, and dozens of other cities.
The service is multi-modal, so its itineraries can contain a mix of
modes of public transportation. For
example, it might suggest using a bus for the first leg of the trip and
transferring to rail to reach the desired destination in as short a time as
possible.
A frequent
rider of public transportation, entrepreneur Roger L. Cauvin created the
service to address the frustration he felt studying bus schedules and not
having convenient access to web-based trip planners while he was traveling.
Terra Avery
is a Los Angeles resident and has used Dadnab. "When I lived in Austin, my
friend Raquel and I needed to catch a ride downtown, and we had no idea how to
get there. By texting Dadnab from my
phone, we got step-by-step directions,” Avery says. “I’m glad Dadnab is now available in Southern
California.”
Dadnab's
Web site has instructions, examples, and support. There is no charge for the service, but
carriers’ standard text messaging rates apply.
The service
is also available in Austin, the San Francisco bay
area, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Portland, Seattle, and the tri-state
New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area.
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