<story><title>Citymapper Joins Via</title><url>https://content.citymapper.com/news/2582/citymapper-joins-via</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Doctor_Fegg</author><text>Consumer-facing routing is a commodity these days. Apple and Google&amp;#x27;s bundled maps&amp;#x2F;routing products get better by the month and are sweeping all before them. The only exit strategies for Citymapper that I could ever see were &amp;quot;get acquired by Apple&amp;#x2F;Google&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;firesale&amp;quot;, and although the latter might be a bit harsh, TechCrunch suggests investors weren&amp;#x27;t exactly laughing all the way to the bank.[1]&lt;p&gt;If you can identify a niche and keep your costs down then you might have a chance. Apps targeted at enthusiast cyclists continue to do well, for example, although I have my doubts about expenditure vs revenue for some of them. (Disclaimer: I run a small-scale cycle routing app&amp;#x2F;site.)&lt;p&gt;But &amp;quot;people who want to get around Western European and North American cities&amp;quot; is not a niche that Apple&amp;#x2F;Google were ever going to overlook.&lt;p&gt;[1] &amp;quot;Citymapper investors are mostly not making their money back in the transaction and that it’s effectively a washout&amp;quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;techcrunch.com&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;via-acquires-trip-planning-app-citymapper-to-boost-transit-tech&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;techcrunch.com&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;via-acquires-trip-planning...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Citymapper Joins Via</title><url>https://content.citymapper.com/news/2582/citymapper-joins-via</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hnarn</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve always loved Citymapper, it made using public transport when living in a new city a breeze. It&amp;#x27;s really sad they don&amp;#x27;t support my current city, I&amp;#x27;d be willing to put in free work to make it happen but I&amp;#x27;ve never seen any way of helping out.</text></comment>