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Tag Archives: Google Transit
Trillium’s role between Google and our transit agency clients
Recently, I’ve been thinking about the role Trillium plays with rural, small, and mid-sized transit agencies. The Trillium services page shows that we help publish data in the Google Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) to submit to Google for inclusion in … Continue reading
Google Transit update: Loop routes show up more nicely
Another subtle, incremental update in the Google Transit trip planner showed up recently. Today, I noticed that loop routes display more cleanly. A lot of rural and small agencies, in particular, operate routes where one vehicle travels continuously on a … Continue reading
Two years after: Google Transit for Humboldt County
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, … Continue reading
Google Transit feature: Park and ride / drive to commuter rail
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 … Continue reading
Feature watch: Colored route markers
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 … Continue reading
Google Transit feature watch: “Fare Info” link
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 … Continue reading
What do your passengers want most? A web-based survey gives answers.
In fall of 2008, SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, surveyed web-visitors in anticipation of their website revamp. The results are worth noticing. Here’s one question (and averaged responses). Google Transit and interactive maps came it at the top of … Continue reading
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“Google LatLong:” Google Transit at TransITech: A year later and 500% greener
Jessica Wei, Strategic Partner Development for the Google Transit team just posted a great summary of her presentation at APTA TransITech to the Google LatLong blog. It is amazing to witness what happened in only a year. The total number … Continue reading
I’ll be speaking at CalACT: How to use the web to make public transportation easy and popular
I’ll be speaking at the upcoming California Association for Coordinated Transportation conference in San Diego on March 17. As part of the topic of the panel, “Using the web to enhance customer service,” I’ll be discussing the challenges and opportunities … Continue reading
CalACT conference attendees can travel Earth-friendly, easily, with Google Transit
I’m planning to attend the March conference of the California Association for Coordinated Transportation in San Diego. When I was making my travel plans, I used Google Transit to figure out how to travel between the airport and conference location … Continue reading