FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Information:
Roger L. Cauvin
(512) 327-3097
rcauvin@dadnab.com
Rick L' Amie
office: (512) 389-7550
mobile: (512) 844-0591
rick.lamie@capmetro.org
A Dadnab user sends a text message with an origin and
destination to austin@dadnab.com. Seconds later, the user receives a text message with the optimal Capital Metro routes and
times to get to the desired destination.
Roger
L. Cauvin, founder and operator of the service, is a longtime
“Prior to creating the Dadnab
service, it was hard for me to use public
transportation on the go; I had trouble
memorizing the exact times, routes and stops when I called Cap Metro to
get schedule information,” he says. “Now I just send a text message and receive
an itinerary on my phone.”
Capital Metro has included brief instructions on how to use Dadnab in its latest system maps. Rick L’Amie, Capital
Metro’s vice president of marketing, worked closely with Dadnab
to maximize the benefit to Capital Metro’s market.
“Capital Metro welcomes technologies such as Dadnab
that make public transportation convenient for a broader base of transit
riders,” L’Amie says.
In addition to entering their origins and destinations, Dadnab users can include desired departure or arrival times
in their queries. Instructions, examples and support are available through Dadnab’s Web site.
“I find myself riding the bus a lot more often,” says Andy
Bauer, a
Dadnab debuted in