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1	1	= **Tips and Tricks** =
2		-When using MTA Bus Time, you'll see certain display conventions and standards that tell you about upcoming arrivals at your stop. This page outlines some of those conventions so that you can better interpret the results and use MTA Bus Time to reliably catch your bus.
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	3	+When using MTA Bus Time, you'll see certain display conventions and standards that tell you about upcoming arrivals at your stop. This page outlines some of those conventions so that you can better interpret the results and use MTA Bus Time to reliably catch your bus.
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4	4	When interpreting the information on MTA Bus Time, it is important to remember that the system gets location information from the buses approximately every 30 seconds. Of course, the closer the bus is reported to be to your stop, the more those 30 seconds matter, so always head out to your stop a little bit early.
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6	6	= Distance Display =
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7	7	MTA Bus Time reports information in four levels of accuracy or specificity, depending on how close a bus is to your stop. They are:
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9	9	**"...miles away"**
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35	35	**"old data"**
36	36	The desktop web interface will show the time of the GPS measurement in red in this case, while the mobile and SMS interfaces will add "old data" to an arrival. If a bus hasn't reported its location back to the system in the last two minutes, data is considered to be old. If this happens, be more conservative and head towards your stop early to be sure you don't miss your bus.
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