RSSGoogle Offers Metro, Bus Directions
By Nate Mook | Published December 8, 2005, 2:11 PM
Google now offers directions for those tired of sitting in traffic through a new beta service called Google Transit. It hooks into public transportation schedules and routes to enable users to plan trips without needing their cars. Google Transit currently only supports Portland, but more cities are on the way.
"Public transportation offers a unique type of data that people use in very different ways than most of the data Google has worked with before," says Transit product manager Avichal Garg. "We really want to understand how people use Google Transit and the challenges we'll face as we cover additional cities. To that end, we'd love to hear your feedback!"
hmm...sounds great :)
let's hope they will have Vancouver Canada :)
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|Dont have Google Transit for Vietnam ?
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|Los Angeles please! This would be fantastic.
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|New York next?
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|If they can pull metro nyc area(NY/NJ/CT) off with all the choices-- over a dozen each of main train & bus lines, let's see:
path, nj transit, academy, olympia, septa, suburban, patco, dart, peter pan, liberty, shore line, ctt, greyhound, amtrak, lirr, mta train, mta bus, metro-north, arrow, kelley, dattco, collins, short line, e-l, bee line, rockland, Command, Green, Queens Surface Corp, Triboro Coach, jamaica, Bonanza, Red and Tan, Leisure Line, Suburban Trails, Community, hblr, renaissance, coach usa, lakeland, martz, blue grey, trans, red & tan, msb, coastal, leprechaun, ta, sunrise, spring valley, plus numerous unmentioned locals...
a dozen + each of jitneys, shuttles, ferry/water taxis, trams & official vanpools...
fuggedaboutit..........
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|New York would be sweet. It will take a while, but i guess they can do it.
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|What no SF? Oh that's right, we're all so bloody rich here we don't use public transportation.
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|now this is useful, how long til they include airline flights?
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|A nice idea.. very creative
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|Google is the Devil.
HA! Beat ya, SM.
Stick that where the sun don't shine, buddy.
Have a nice day.
Mmmmm......bacon.
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|Please tell me, what is so horrible about Google?
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|You must be new here....
I'm actually a Google fanboy in disguise. Search for older Google articles on this site. I got tired of fighting ServerMechanics flames and have now hopped on his happy bandwagon just to lighten the mood a bit.
:)
Hope that helps, have a nice day.
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