FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Information:
Roger L. Cauvin
(512) 327-3097
rcauvin@dadnab.com
Dadnab delivers Tri-State
transit information to text messagers
NEW YORK, NEW
YORK (July 26, 2007) — Transportation startup Dadnab
(www.dadnab.com) has launched a free service that helps transit riders in the New
York, New Jersey, and Connecticut Tri-State Region plan their trips.
Dadnab is
the first and only service to cover such a large contiguous area, enabling not
just
A Dadnab
user sends a text message with an origin and destination to tri@dadnab.com. Seconds
later, the user receives a text message with
the optimal routes and times to get to the desired destination by rail, bus, or
ferry.
Dadnab incorporates schedule
information from a coalition of 16 transit and public safety agencies in the
Tri-State Region and serves a population of more than twenty million residents
in the area.
Entrepreneur Roger L. Cauvin
founded and operates the service.
“Prior
to creating the Dadnab service, it was hard for me to use public transportation on the
go; I had
trouble memorizing the exact times, routes and stops for my trips,” he says. “Now I just
send a text message and receive an itinerary on my phone.”
Cauvin explains
that, unlike any other service, not only does the Tri-State
service deliver exact departure, transfer, and arrival times in the
itineraries in text messages, it also enables
commuters to travel across cities and states to reach their destinations.
“You
can send a single text message to find out how to get from an intersection in
In addition to
entering their origins and destinations, Dadnab users
can include desired departure or arrival times in their queries. Instructions,
examples and support are available through Dadnab’s
Web site.
Fords, NJ
resident Honesto V. Pagtalunan,
Jr. goes to work in
“For example,”
Pagtalunan says, “I texted 'jay
st & myrtle ave in brooklyn to 9 w 18th st by
Dadnab also serves
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