Google maps public transportation routes
Posted by John Novak on September 20, 2007
Most web users are familiar with Google Maps, and the more adventurous know Google Earth. Now Google is working on a third product to help us find our way. Google Transit is a tool to plan trips using public transportation. Currently in development, it’s available for seventeen U.S. cities, plus Japan.
You can plan routes on Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, Capital Metro in Austin, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) in Tampa, and TheBus in Honolulu, plus several other cities. Links are included to each public transportation entity as well.
I think new residents and tourists will benefit most from this initially. Google does an excellent job of listing the segments of the trip and drawing the route on the map. As it is adapted in more and more urban areas, this would make a great application for cell phones and PDAs. For more information and to try it out, visit Google Transit.
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