I’m not sure, but I think that until recently Google Transit did not return trips with overnight, or very long, layovers. The introduction of overnight layovers will be very useful for planning trips on inter-city services. Here’s an example of a trip with an overnight layover in the SF Bay Area. Now, this trip caused […]
On Friday, the San Francisco ferry services went live on Google Transit. Now, travelers can plan inter-agency trips across BART, Muni, AC Transit and other services along with the five ferry services: Golden Gate Ferry, Baylink, Oakland/Alameda Ferry, Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry, and Blue & Gold Fleet at maps.google.com or an iPhone, iPod touch, or […]
In the last month, three Trillium clients launched in Google Transit: Tillamook County Transportation District Lake Tahoe basin area (North Lake Tahoe / South Lake Tahoe) Redwood Coast Transit (connects with Humboldt County transit services) Earlier this year, our client Delano Area Rapid Transit launched on Google Transit. This is the first time that’s been […]
Last month, several Amtrak services around the United States were quietly added to Google Transit. Was this a response to Brendan’s earlier blog post on the issues with the trip planner at Amtrak.com? Probably not. But I’m very happy to see Amtrak services added so that it’s possible to plan transit itineraries across regional and […]