Last Saturday, I presented at the Wheels of Change conference in Humboldt County, CA by video conference. Trillium client Humboldt County was roughly the 17th area in North America to join Google Transit. Since that time, the main transit agency, Redwood Transit System, has posted a greater than 40% increase in ridership. They have one […]
I learned about a new feature in Google Maps/Transit this morning. Since many commuter rail services are set up for park and ride, the trip planner will suggest travelers drive to the rail station in some cases. Here’s an example trip on Chicago’s Metra service (screenshot of itinerary below). A driving leg to a train […]
This Google Transit user interface tweak showed up back in January. I immediately appreciated it. If agencies supply specify a color for a route, then the route name will be colorized in the trip planner. No clutter added, but livens up the interface and draws attention to useful information.
As with many Google products, Google Transit evolves subtly and incrementally, often in ways that are easy to miss if you don’t look closely. I am going to start noticing some of the changes on this blog so that users and agencies alike can take advantage of them (or discuss in the comments section). Here […]