It’s been a busy week on the digital side at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Following yesterday’s integration of service advisories into Google Maps, WMATA introduced today a revamped version of its mobile website.

The new site appears to have several new features in order to be less clunky for Metro customers already in motion. After all, transit information is much more relevant once somebody is actually in transit.

Functionally, the upgrade is rather smooth, running more like a touch-screen app than a manually browsed site. The mobile version of wmata.com is topped with links to Metro’s trip-planning service, train arrival times, and NextBus, the data collection firm that reports the estimated arrival times of buses.

Other new features include status reports on trains, bus lines, station elevators, and other advisories. There is also a link to a GPS-enabled tool that finds the user’s nearest Metro service.

Unfortunately, the weak link still appears to be the connection to NextBus’ mobile site, which remains very cumbersome to use on a smartphone. Many more Metro customers depend on third-party apps, such as BusTrackDC, which launched in February, or iCommute DC, a rebranded version of the program formerly known as NextBus DC (though not produced by NextBus, Inc.).