Next Up On the Jukebox: Real-Time Transit Info

Coming up next on your bar’s playlist? Could be a safe ride home, if you’re tippling at a tavern looped into TransitScreen’s partnership with TouchTunes, the largest digital jukebox company in the U.S.

Think of TransitScreen as one of the better transportation apps out there, broadcasting real-time, localized bus, train, bike and ride-hailing options onto any web-enabled screen. That can include your phone, but the service is really designed for large-scale schedule and route displays in public spaces such as cafes, lobbies, and outdoor kiosks. Watering holes were another obvious site to drop the product, co-founder Ryan Croft told the Washington Business Journal. TouchTunes boasts interactive music displays in 75,000 bars, restaurants, and other venues around the U.S., according to a release. “This is the perfect combination. They have a captive audience of a couple million people a day who are drinking probably more than they should and need to get home,” Croft said. “We provide them the information they need to get home safely.”