Writer Ellen Perlman heads to Washington, D.C. to use the new "Where's My Bus?" mobile tracking.
"While I stood at the bus stop, "Where's My Bus" let me know on my BlackBerry that the bus that would take me across town was 0.8 miles away. What it didn't tell me was the arrival time. I had to check on congestion along the roadway to figure that out."
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