This post is overdue. In late Februrary, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) released the results of an online survey of its riders on their use of mobile devices and mobile transit information applications. Beyond the results of the survey, I think one of the most interesting and noteworthy aspects of this project is […]
Another example of how Google Transit can be extended to make transit information conveniently available to more people in more places. The Travel Assistive Device program in Florida uses Google Transit feed (GTFS) for schedule and stop information. From Big Noise: I love gadgets, do-dads and things that go blinky-blinky. From Rube Goldberg machines that […]
The Google Transit team sent out an announcement to their partners on some of the early responses to the inclusion of Google Transit in the default software for the iPhone in the 2.2 update. I’ve been excited about the potential for easy-to-use transit information on handheld wireless devices since I started doing work with Google […]
The reason I bought an iPhone was an early-October rumor that the Google Transit trip planner, and walking directions, were going to become part of the iPhone’s mapping application with the 2.2 software update. Sure enough, in late November, it happened (link is to Google blog). And, it’s great. As of October 21, 2008, Apple […]