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Tag Archives: Google Transit
Google Transit feature: number of stops
Google Maps introduced a new feature to transit search results recently. In addition to providing the time duration of a travel leg, the number of stops also appears. Screenshot below. At first, the data nerd in me liked this new … Continue reading
Filling the gaps over the mountains and through the woods
I haven’t posted to the blog much recently because Trillium has been so busy preparing GTFS and adding agencies to Google Transit. Recently, we’ve been part of filling many more of the gaps in Google Transit transit trip planner for … 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
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
Northern California Google Transit Feasibility Study and Pilot project
Last month, the Shasta County Regional Transportation Planning Agency accepted Trillium’s Northern California Google Transit Feasibility Study. The document is the culmination of a project begun in January 2009 to pilot rural Northern California transit agencies in Google Transit. Currently, … Continue reading
Overnight transfers in Google Transit
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 … Continue reading
SF Bay ferry services live on Google Transit
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 … Continue reading
New Trillium clients launched on Google Transit
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 … Continue reading
Amtrak services in Google Transit
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 … Continue reading