System and method for communicating transportation events

A system for notifying members of a user's social network of a transit event, the system comprising:

• a display;
• a geographical navigation interface, provided on the display, including a visual indicator of a transit element associated with a public transit service, the transit element comprising a station, stop, terminal, interchange, or hub, the geographical navigation interface configured to:
• receive at least one long-press input provided by the user and directed to the visual indicator of the transit element;
• present to the user in the display, in response to the at least one long-press input, two or more selection options for identifying a transit event and at least one broadcast option for the user's social network, the transit event comprising information experienced by a user relating to a delay of the public transit service and being associated with the public transit service;
• and
• accept at least one selection option input corresponding to the transit event and at least one broadcast option input provided by the user;
• and
• a controller coupled to the geographical navigation interface and configured to cause the identified transit event to be broadcast to one or more members of the user's social network, based on the at least one broadcast option input.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instruction including instructions that will cause a processor to:

• detect at least one long-press input directed to a visual indicator of a transit element associated with a public transit service, provided by a user in a geographical navigation interface of a computer system, the transit element comprising a station, stop, terminal, interchange, or hub;
• determine two or more selection options for identifying a transit event and at least one broadcast option for the user's social network, the transit event comprising information experienced by a user relating to a delay of the public transit service and being associated with the public transit service;
• detect at least one selection option input corresponding to the transit event and at least one broadcast option input provided by the user;
• and
• cause the identified transit event to be broadcast to at least one member of the user's social network, based on the at least one broadcast option input.