Best Time to Cross the Border app for iPhone and iPad
*** As seen in the LA Times, KPBS, Homeland Security Newswire, and more! ***
The only app that tells you when is the best time to cross the US border! It also lets commuters report wait times via its iReport feature! GPS based wait time estimation for San Ysidro and Otay Mesa. Other ports coming soon. Twitter integration to ask questions and share information about ports.
In addition to providing current wait times to enter the US from Canada and Mexico, it also tells you what is the best time to cross the border, via historical graphs. It uses a crowd sourced approach to improve on the wait time estimates provided by CBP.
Its companion web site is http://traffic.calit2.net/border
Features:
• Current US border wait times
• GPS based wait time estimation for San Ysidro and Otay Mesa
• iReport that lets you report wait times for better accuracy
• Best time to cross the border via historical graphs
• Current wait times for Passenger, Commercial & Pedestrian lanes
• Number of lanes open at every port
Pros and cons of Best Time to Cross the Border app for iPhone and iPad
Best Time to Cross the Border app good for
So far so good. Using it about 1 month and it is always accurate.
With all the stuff that has been added, seems to be getting better.
The reports will make the difference. I will start reporting.
Great full featured app.
Ability to check daily and weekly traffic stats super for picking most opportune time to cross.
Loved this app.. Especially when I crossed the border from Mexico to the USA. Was really accurate.
As the app description states, this app is for entry into America only. If you need accuracy getting into the US of A, youll not find a better app. Hopefully they can do the same for exit points too.
Some bad moments
Based on this app we chose a border crossing. The app said an hour, so far it has been an hour and twenty minutes. We are still about fort cars from the crossing and they are taking 3 to 5.5 minutes per car. So the app is way off on border crossing times.
Also, what is with the red numbers on a black background ?
I would not recommend this app.
A completely worthless and inaccurate app. When it reports a 50 minute wait, but the reality is a 4 hour wait - something is terribly wrong with the functionality making it useless at best!
I used this app for over a year. The app is highly inaccurate with the wait times being off as much as 3 hours. Sometimes the ireports are helpful but not reliable. Good thing it is free because it is worthless.
The wait times posted are always off. When I try to report a time, it will start timing but when I submit the time just after passing booth, it wont load it. Ive stopped checking the times and trying to submit any.
Historical averages may help to find good crossing times, but estimated times have never been even remotely close to what is stated. I.e. Said 30 minutes for ready lanes today, currently 1:25:00 and not there yet, but close.
Today the app showed for san Isidek 25 min in ready and 10 min the standard. I checked the ready line and the length was so far away which usually take and hour. I decided to go to the standard and the 10 min meant 2 hours and 5 min! This app is a joke
