Going Mobile: 5 Urban Transit Apps for 24/7 Travel Aid

Spending time in a new city on vacation can be frustrating, getting lost in a city on business even more so. With comprehensive transit apps you can take care of taxi fare, find transit and pay for parking all from your smart device.

The convenience offered through transit apps allows you to focus on being where you're going and less time trying to figure out how to get there.

A quality transit app not only takes advantage of your GPS capability to keep you up to date with all transit related data down to your very location. Apps such as these offer compatibility with Google wallet and other digital money transfer services securely and consistently—consolidating all of your expenses in a focused, accessible utility.

The following slideshow highlights travel apps that depend on metro infrastructure like public transit and the taxi environment, as well as apps such as Lyft which rely on crowd sourced transport and data collection—helping you monitor your travel routes with accuracy and efficiency.

Click "next" or the images below to check out each of these apps.

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