Incoming links- Boxer On 30/10, Pedestrian Tunnels, Smarter Parking Meters, Shared ... 24 August 2010
- Metro Turnstiles & TAP, 30/10, HSR & The Governors Race ... 23 August 2010
- TransitDataFeeder: open source web-based GTFS creation and ... 22 August 2010
- TransitDataFeeder: open source web-based GTFS creation and ... 22 August 2010
- NYT On 405 Gridlock, Red Cars Coming To Anaheim, Maglev & Vegas ... 16 August 2010
- Spare My Ass 7 May 2010
- Transportation Headlines for Monday January 25, 2010 25 January 2010
- New Humboldt Transportation Guide Published 23 January 2010
- Transportation Headlines for Tuesday December 15, 2009 15 December 2009
- Reviewing the iPhone Transportation Apps 22 September 2009
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Biking directions added to Google Maps
Google added biking directions to maps.google.com on Wednesday. The route planner considers bicycle facilities, topography, intersection quality, and traffic to plan directions. Detailed bicycle infrastructure information (bike lanes, boulevards, etc.) is available for about 150 cities in the U.S. I … Continue reading
Simplifying the Open Transit Debate: White Paper
Mentor Engineering released a white paper “Simplifying the Open Transit Debate.” For the curious, you can download a PDF, or read an HTML version. The paper summarizes many of the benefits of open data — time saved, agency image benefits, … Continue reading
SF Streestblog nerds out on open transit data
Excuse the late post, but in case you missed it, SF Streetsblog ran a pice on “How Google and Portland’s TriMet Set the Standard for Open Transit Data” in early January. They interview some key players who give a window … Continue reading
One guide for many agencies and many modes
Today, Trillium Solutions finished creating the Humboldt County Transportation Guide [Download PDF]. It’s headed for the printer and bound for buses, transit centers, businesses, and social services locations next week. Before this guide, printed schedule information and maps for each … Continue reading
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OpenTripPlanner project
TriMet, The Open Planning Project, and developers of FivePoints, OneBusAway, Graphserver, and byCycle are working on an ambitious open-source multi-modal trip planner (the project name is OpenTripPlanner). When finished, the multi-modal trip planner software will plan journeys by a combination … Continue reading
Trillium clients launch on Google Transit
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 … Continue reading
Google Maps feature watch: nearby transit stops in search results
Check it out… now, when you search for a location at google.com, if the location is found in Google Maps, and transit data is available for nearby service (read: on Google Transit and publishing Google Transit Feed Spec data), the … Continue reading
CityGoRound.org, a new transportation application directory
The folks at Front Seat, who’ve brought us WalkScore, among other great projects, have done it again. Today, Front Seat launched CityGoRound.org When public transportation information was added to WalkScore, FrontSeat realized they needed more open Google Transit feed data … Continue reading
Rural areas and Google Transit: some findings and opportunities for improvement (Part 2, Intercity service)
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 … Continue reading
Rural areas and Google Transit: some findings and opportunities for improvement (Part 1, Walking)
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 … Continue reading