chris caines

I’ve only had an iPhone now for a month, but already other computing devices I own are gathering dust and it has cemented itself so completely into my day to day I fear the time is coming when I will inevitably drop it into the ocean from a moving ferry. I was an early adopter of smartphones as they were called back in the early windows mobile days, but of course the difference is the apps. In the interest of sharing navigation tips through the dark forest of the app store, here begins an occasional series on little programs I’ve found useful, addictive or fun.

First category: Traffic apps.

Sydney teeters on the edge of traffic chaos most days and knowing there is a breakdown or accident on your route is the type of foreknowledge you want to have. Snarl pulls data from the RTA website about reported incidents and combined with the traffic overlay on google maps it will usually prove useful, if it also gave info about roadworks & closures it would be hard to beat.

Just to make sure before you leave the house or office, look through the relevant traffic cameras just to be certain the reports aren’t lagging with SydTraffic.