<s>
Transit	B-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
providing	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
public	O
transit	B-Application
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transit	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
for	O
aggregating	O
and	O
mapping	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
public	O
transit	B-Application
data	O
,	O
crowdsourcing	O
user	O
data	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
true	O
location	O
of	O
buses	O
and	O
trains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transit	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
soon	O
after	O
launched	O
the	O
Android-compatible	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transit	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
Montreal	O
,	O
Quebec	O
,	O
Canada	O
by	O
Sam	O
Vermette	O
and	O
Guillaume	O
Campagna	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
minimizing	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
individuals	O
to	O
own	O
vehicles	O
in	O
cities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transit	B-Application
is	O
in	O
direct	O
competition	O
with	O
other	O
transit	B-Application
mapping	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Moovit	B-Application
and	O
Citymapper	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
general	O
mapping	O
services	O
that	O
also	O
provide	O
transit	B-Application
data	O
such	O
as	O
Google	O
Maps	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
Maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
Transit	B-Application
app	I-Application
executives	O
are	O
Chief	O
Executive	O
Officer	O
Sam	O
Vermette	O
and	O
Chief	O
Business	O
Officer	O
David	O
Block-Schachter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transit	B-Application
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
car-sharing	O
and	O
ride-hailing	O
apps	O
such	O
as	O
Uber	B-Application
,	O
Lyft	B-Application
,	O
Via	O
,	O
and	O
Ola	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
multiple	O
bike-share	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Transit	B-Application
app	I-Application
released	O
an	O
update	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
look	O
up	O
bus	O
and	O
train	O
schedules	O
for	O
their	O
whole	O
city	O
even	O
without	O
a	O
data	O
connection	O
,	O
or	O
determine	O
if	O
a	O
bike-sharing	O
station	O
has	O
bikes	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transit	B-Application
is	O
supported	O
in	O
16	O
countries	O
across	O
the	O
globe	O
including	O
Argentina	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Iceland	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
Sweden	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Transit	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
270	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transit	B-Application
supports	O
multiple	O
mobile	O
ticketing	O
platforms	O
including	O
Token	O
Transit	B-Application
and	O
Masabi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transit	B-Application
has	O
partnered	O
with	O
public	O
agencies	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
become	O
their	O
official	O
or	O
endorsed	O
multimodal	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Transit	B-Application
raised	O
$17.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
