GopherTrip Reviews

by Ashley Dziuk

GopherTrip is so frequently inaccurate that it is pointless to rely on. While more accurate when class is in session when the buses run every 5-10 minutes, it has been completely useless to use over winter break when the Campus Connector runs every 15 minutes. Waiting at a stop in the morning in -10 degree weather for 12 minutes watching GopherTrip tell me that 2 buses have come and gone is incredibly frustrating. It’s much better to just figure out the general time the bus you want hits your stop.

by Beni7251

GopherTrip is the height of incompetency. Rarely accurate, and many times will show busses arrive and leave at the stop you are standing at when no such busses exist. GopherTrip should be done by students in a relevant department and they should be held to a reasonable standard. I have stood in the rain watching magical busses come and go on my app enough times, I am uninstalling. You are better off guessing arrival times.

by Bdalewww

GopherTrip is trash, it never loads and always says not available. Not pleased w results.

by Bingo2830

GopherTrip is horrible. It is never accurate and cause many students to miss buses. Minneapolis has extreme winter weather conditions and students should be able to rely on GopherTrip to provide accurate busing information but it doesn’t. The times listed are frequently off by up to 10mins.

by Gfefhyzvj

Please get more busses and hire more drivers, they few busses we have are packed and hard to fit on. Seriously makes it a challenge to get to class and the alternative is freezing outside for 20 minutes.

by My-WS19

GopherTrip literally always lists the wrong time of arrival. It also changes unpredictably (9 minutes, then 1 minute later it says <1 minute)

by Niks_2luvlala1

GopherTrip is completely inaccurate. It will say a bus is due in 4 mins and it will end up coming 15 mins later. Terrible for use on the weekends.

by GigiFreedom

GopherTrip is inaccurate on weekends and non-class session. It’s really freezing in winter to wait for 20 minuets, and annoying! Why not update the bus schedule with GopherTrip ?!

by Rexrey

I have been at the U for 6 years. Never once has GopherTrip been accurate in predicting the buses.

by Mattsucc77

It’s incorrect 100% of the time

by Krose4211

Absolute trash

by Aileenrose009

Literal definition of “sounds good, doesn’t work.” So FRUSTRATING!!

by I Am Aaron Man

I think a 5 year old with a crayon could have done a better job designing the graphics and GUI for GopherTrip. The bus triangles are way too big and look extremely tacky. Other than that, GopherTrip does work, just try not to gouge your eyes out afterwards.

by Umn Student96

The time of the bus is always inaccurate. It jumps from 2 mins away to 15 mins away. The only useful part about it is you can track the buses yourself.

by SaraMc17

GopherTrip is good to depend on for seeing what routes there are in relation to your location and to see how many busses are in route. It is NOT dependable necessarily for what direction the routes go (seemingly all of them only go one way, from what I gather), and especially not reliable for the location of the busses. You can get a general idea for where the bus may be, but don’t expect it to be accurate. I would recommend downloading GopherTrip, but it definitely needs some improvement.

by Billyhuscus

Bus tracking is waay better and works great once you get used to how different it is

by Uzique

Great app shows a bus icon as it moves along the campus shuttle route. Easy and helpful time saver.

by BM171938

Easy to use, has accurate information, and includes all the necessary information.

by Ace Rixon

Nearly always accurate enough, even on weekends and over breaks