pMuni can be found in the Palm App catalog in the Public Transit category under Navigation. Click Here on your Palm Pre or Palm Pixi to get pMuni now!

pMuni has two main screens:

• Favorites shows the upcoming arrival times for up to 20 route / direction / stop combinations that you have chosen.
  
  
• Lookup is where you specify route / direction / stop combinations in order to get current arrival estimates and to save as favorites.

You can navigate between the Favorites and Lookup screens via buttons on the bottom left of the screen.

If you have any saved favorites, the Favorites screen will be shown immediately upon launch of pMuni. This lets you see the Muni information that's relevant to you quickly and with no additional steps. If you have not set up any favorites, the Lookup screen will be displayed first.

In order to find a Muni route and stop, select Lookup. You will see a scrollable list of Muni routes. Tap your desired route to display the Route Info Box. pMuni loads the details for the selected route into the Route Info Box. Once the route information is loaded, you can select your desired direction and stop.

• Direction: Muni routes have an inbound and an outbound direction. pMuni will select one of these by default; tap the Direction button to change the selection.
  
  
• Stop: To select your desired stop, press the Stop button. For the selected route and direction, pMuni presents the stops listed in the order of the route, so you will find the first stop at the start of the list and the last stop and the end of the list. Scroll the list to find your desired stop and tap to select it.
  
  The list of stops has one special entry at the top: Find Closest. Tap Find Closest to use your phone's GPS capability to locate the closest stop for your selected route and direction.

Once you have selected your desired stop, pMuni will load the upcoming arrival estimates in the Route Info Box beneath the Direction and Stop buttons. The next arrival is displayed in large font on the left side (with minutes and seconds specified), while subsequent arrivals are displayed to the right in a smaller font (and rounded to the minute).

Alternate destinations: Sometimes an upcoming arrival for the selected direction will have a destination that is different than the destination specified in the direction title. pMuni denotes such cases using numeric footnotes. Most arrival estimates do not carry a footnote, which means they are headed to the selected direction destination.

Refreshing results: Tap the refresh button at the bottom right of the screen to update the arrival estimates for your selected route / direction / stop combination.

No results: Sometimes there will be no results available for your selected route / direction / stop combination. This is likely because the route is not in service at this time of day.

Saving favorites: Once you have selected a route / direction / stop combination, you can save it as a favorite. Simply tap the green Add to Favorites button. The Route Info Box will slide away and the selected route / direction / stop combination will be added to the top of your favorites list.


Map: Tap the Show Stop On Map button to display the selected stop in the Google Maps application.

Dismissing the Route Info Box: To dismiss the Route Info Box, simply flick it up towards the top of the screen.

The Favorites screen shows a scrollable list of your favorite route / direction / stop combinations. The arrivals estimates for favorites are presented in the same format as in the Route Info Box, as described above.

Refreshing results: Tap the refresh button at the bottom right of the screen to update the arrival estimates for your favorites.

Managing favorites: You can re-order and delete the entries in your favorites list. To re-order, simply tap and hold an entry. Once it "pops" out, drag the entry up or down the list and drop it in the desired position. To delete a favorites entry, flick it to the right. You will see Delete and Cancel buttons. Tap Delete to confirm the delete. Tap Cancel to retain the entry.

Network access: pMuni relies on a live Internet connection to get real-time Muni data. If your phone loses Internet connectivity, pMuni will notify you. pMuni functionality will resume once connectivity is re-established.

Route colors: Each route has a specified color. These colors are specified in the data feed received by Chelvis Industries. It is unknown if the colors have any significance.