Yes, this is the 21st Century, and some of us are a bit disappointed that we don't have a hovercraft in every garage.  Until then, we'll take the bus, and the bus riders among us really like the idea behind deeplocal's RouteShout mobile service. RouteShout sends bus schedule and routing info to your smartphone (or even a not-as-smart phone, if it supports text), so you'll know when the bus is scheduled to arrive at your stop.  It'd be even more useful, though, if the buses were feeding it live GPS data so we'd know when they will arrive.  Perhaps this will be coming in the Future (sooner, we hope, than hovercraft in every garage).