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1 -SMSSearching
1 +Finding Your Stop with the SMS Interface
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35 35  If the route does not go nearby, MTA Bus Time will respond that there are no nearby stops for that route:
36 36  [[image:SMSWrongRouteFilterNotNearby.png||alt="an image showing the message 203582 X2 texted to 511123. There is a response aying the X17, X17J and X19 are not scheduled and there are no X2 stops nearby."]]
37 37  
38 -==Service Changes==
38 +== Service Changes ==
39 39  
40 40  Bus routes with service changes are marked by asterisks. Service changes details are available by replying "C + ROUTE". Note that you don't actually have to type a '+', just separate the route with a space. MTA Bus Time will only display the first part of the service change, up to the length of a single text message. There may be more than one service change, in which case MTA Bus Time will prompt you to send "N" for the next one.
41 41  [[image:SMSServiceAlerts.png||alt="an image showing the stop information for stop code 202990. It shows the information for the S79 route with an asterisk before it. The user responds by texting C space S79 to 511123. There is a response saying that S79 buses are detoured from Ring Rd between Platinum Av and Richmond Av South."]]
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57 57  Send a selection (the name of a route which Bus Time has suggestion). MTA Bus Time responds with the two directions that route travels. Send your selection ("1" or "2") again and MTA Bus Time responds with the stop information corresponding to your selections:
58 58  [[image:SMSIntersection2.png||alt="an image showing the response to the selection of B61. The system requests the user pick a B61 direction, then lists the two terminals (endpoints) of the route, numbered 1 and 2. The user responds 1, and there is a response listing the B61 buses approaching the nearby stop in that direction, stop code 307010."]]
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60 -\\\\Send a text message to 511123 with an intersection and route. MTA Bus Time will send back the two directions that route travels. Send your selection and MTA Bus Time responds with the stop information corresponding to your selections, as above.
61 61  
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61 +\\Send a text message to 511123 with an intersection and route. MTA Bus Time will send back the two directions that route travels. Send your selection and MTA Bus Time responds with the stop information corresponding to your selections, as above.
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64 64  **Ambiguous Searches for an Intersection**
65 65  
66 66  Ambiguous addresses and intersections return a list of possible intersections along with their ZIP codes in NY (not all location results returned are served by MTA Bus Time yet).
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69 69  
70 70  = Glossary of SMS Terms =
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73 73  
74 74  **(old)** bus location data shown is more than 2 minutes old (but not more than 5 minutes)
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90 90  * Your stop code or intersection could not be found or your stop is not yet being served by routes equipped with MTA Bus Time.
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93 93  
94 94  = Message Blocked? =
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100 100  
101 101  The best solution is to contact the service provider and check the phone plan. Make sure that the phone can receive messages from short codes, and there are no parental controls in place.
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107 107  Also try [[Troubleshooting>>Help.Troubleshooting]] for more help.
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