In the last eight weeks or so, several Trillium clients have launched on Google Transit. Redding Area Bus Authority (RABA) was a stakeholder in the Northeastern California Google Transit Feasibility Study. Redding is a micro-urban city in Northern California on the inland Interstate 5 corridor. Redding is a regional transportation hub, with neighboring transit services […]
This post continues a series of posts on Google Transit and issues that arise for agencies and passengers in rural service areas. The first post explains the goals and origins of this discussion. This post addresses that affect longer-distance inter-city transportation services in Google Maps in particular. Modoc Sage Stage, Trinity Transit, Metrolink and select […]
UPDATE (26 August 2010): Google Listens! Note that the two examples of non-optimal walking and transit itineraries included in this blog post have been improved in Google Maps. Now, this itinerary in Red Bluff, California, on Tehama Area Rural Express shows an itinerary with travel by bus all the way to the destination. More in […]
Last month, the Shasta County Regional Transportation Planning Agency accepted Trillium’s Northern California Google Transit Feasibility Study. The document is the culmination of a project begun in January 2009 to pilot rural Northern California transit agencies in Google Transit. Currently, Redding Area Bus Authority is live in Google Transit. Several neighboring agencies are in the […]