--- a/busui/tripPlanner.php
+++ b/busui/tripPlanner.php
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
       $from = (isset($_REQUEST['from']) ? $_REQUEST['from'] : "Brigalow");
       $to = (isset($_REQUEST['to']) ? $_REQUEST['to'] : "Barry");
       $date = (isset($_REQUEST['date']) ? $_REQUEST['date'] : date("m/d/Y"));
-      $time = (isset($_REQUEST['time']) ? $_REQUEST['time'] : date("h:ia"));
+      $time = (isset($_REQUEST['time']) ? $_REQUEST['time'] : date("H:m"));
+      # todo: convert date from form to h:ia?
       echo "<font color=red>$errorMessage</font>";
       echo '<form action="tripPlanner.php" method="post">
     <div data-role="fieldcontain">
@@ -95,13 +96,16 @@
               $errorMessage .= urlencode($_REQUEST['from']) . " not found.<br>\n";
           tripPlanForm($errorMessage);
       } else {
-          $url = "http://localhost:8080/opentripplanner-api-webapp/ws/plan?_dc=1290254798856&arriveBy=false&date=" . urlencode($_REQUEST['date']) . "&time=" . urlencode($_REQUEST['time']) . "&mode=TRANSIT%2CWALK&optimize=QUICK&maxWalkDistance=840&wheelchair=false&toPlace=$toPlace&fromPlace=$fromPlace&intermediatePlaces=";
+          $url = "http://10.1.0.243:5080/opentripplanner-api-webapp/ws/plan?_dc=1290254798856&arriveBy=false&date=" . urlencode($_REQUEST['date']) . "&time=" . urlencode($_REQUEST['time']) . "&mode=TRANSIT%2CWALK&optimize=QUICK&maxWalkDistance=840&wheelchair=false&toPlace=$toPlace&fromPlace=$fromPlace&intermediatePlaces=";
           $ch = curl_init($url);
           curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
           curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
           curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Accept: application/json"));
+          curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_TIMEOUT,5); 
           $page = curl_exec($ch);
-          curl_close($ch);
+
+          if(curl_errno($ch)) { tripPlanForm("Trip planner temporarily unavailable: ".curl_errno($ch)." ".curl_error($ch));}
+          else {
           $tripplan = json_decode($page);
           debug(print_r($triplan,true));
           echo "<h1> From: {$tripplan->plan->from->name} To: {$tripplan->plan->to->name} </h1>";
@@ -116,10 +120,12 @@
           } else {
               processItinerary(0, $tripplan->plan->itineraries->itinerary);
           }
-          
+          }
+                    curl_close($ch);
       }
   } else {
       tripPlanForm();
   }
   include_footer();
 ?>
+