"Catch the Bus" iPhone App Gives Back to the Franklin Park Coalition

In an age of GPS, iPhones, and technological wizardry, it was only a matter of time for someone to get creative enough to blend these together to make catching an MBTA bus a pleasant experience...or as one reviewer in the iTunes store said, it's "like having bus ESP!"

Jared Egan, a member of the Franklin Park Coalition Boston Marathon Charity Team, is the developer of Catch the Bus and Catch the T apps for iPhone users. One of his creative ways to raise funds to meet Boston Marathon goals and to bring awareness to the work of the Franklin Park Coalition was to create a link in the app.

"I didn't want to get too invasive since it's a paid app," says Egan. But the app does give riders a chance to support their neighborhoods and to learn about the history of the park and the current programming that the donation would support. "I get emails saying stuff like 'I would have paid $100 for this app!,'" Egan continues and hopes that people will transfer those thoughts into donations for a great cause.


To check out the app, visit Catch the Bus.

Screenshot of the Catch the Bus App in Action near Franklin Park.

Screenshot of the Catch the Bus App in Action near Franklin Park.

Information page about Franklin Park and Jared's fundraising efforts.