The Google Transti trip planner is a great way for people to plan a single transit trip, but what about when you want to get the big picture of transit networks in a given area? Two weeks ago, Google announced the the addition of a “transit layer” to Google Maps. For the full announcement see […]
There are too many good stories on transportation, energy, climate change, the economy, how they are related, and how to intelligently connect them in new U.S. policies swirling around on the web to pretend to offer much of an inventory, but I thought I’d post a roundup of a few recent articles and editorials that […]
Another example of how Google Transit can be extended to make transit information conveniently available to more people in more places. The Travel Assistive Device program in Florida uses Google Transit feed (GTFS) for schedule and stop information. From Big Noise: I love gadgets, do-dads and things that go blinky-blinky. From Rube Goldberg machines that […]
Thanks for the alert from Joe Hughes on the transit developers email list. The Atlantic Monthly just published a good article about open government and transit data sharing, including a well-deserved shout- out to Tim Moore’s efforts at BART (along with TransitCampBayArea and the iBART guys). Joe iGov: How geeks are opening up government on […]