December 8, 2005
Google Transit - Relief for the car-less!
Link - Google Transit
Before I had my car, I would find myself wishing I had a handy reference on public transportation to get around. You know, just something that would list every bus, train, and even walking distance that would take me from one place to another. Sometimes in Chicago I caught myself wondering what mystical powers lie beneath the streets and where they could take me. I never went down there cause it was pretty scary and I was afraid of getting lost and ending up in the part of the city that trains only travel to once a month. With a solid destination and a way to get to each of the points in between, I’d feel much more confident.
Apparantely some Google employees have been thinking the same thing because a few of them collaborated on a new Google program called Google Transit which amazingly, solves all of these problems. The system currently supports only Portland but they’re rolling out new cities as they collaborate with city transit officials for schedules and stops. I’ll be excited when they have Chicago and New York.
The bottom line: Have Google, will travel.
