Mapnificent: public transport travel time maps

Stefan Wehrmeyer is the developer of Mapnificent, a site that shows how it is possible to travel on public transportation for over 20 cities throughout the world. The application interface provides a slider control to adjust maximum travel time. As the slider is adjusted, the highlighted area on the map showing travel range expands and […]

Many more Amtrak services on Google Transit

Many more Amtrak services are now included in the the transit trip planner in Google Maps.  Thank you to Tom West and “orulz”, who commented on my Coast Starlight post and notified readers of the newly available services. It’s now possible to plan a transit trip across the United States using Google Maps.  Including intercity […]