Google Transit continues to grow. Here are the latest agencies to join Google Transit this week: Foothill Transit 3 agencies in India Many, many transit agencies in Southeast China. You can see a full list of new agencies at ChangeDetection.
Laya White (via Twitter @goldenlady) says it well “Ooooh….updated interface for transit directions on Google. I can hover over different choices and see the routes on the map. Nice.” I really like this little change. If you want to see if there are any route alternatives (other than just later departures) for a particular query, […]
Last year, More Riders Magazine Publisher Dan Johnson-Weinberger interviewed Tom Sly, Google New Business Development Manager for Google Transit. “Googling the Future” was published in More Riders Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2, Spring 2008. The interview/article does a great job at explaining how Google Transit is more than just another trip planner, and how it […]
In June of 2008, Mountain Line transit in Missoula became the first (and still only) agency in Montana to participate in Google Transit. Recently, I reached out to find what kind of ridership increase, if any, they can attribute to Google Transit. Jordan Hess is a planning student at the University of Montana in Missoula. […]