LAist: Will Metro & Google Transit Ever Happen?

riffic

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:49:38 -0800

Trip Planner is a steaming pile of shit. Shame on Metro for not providing feeds to Google Transit.

matty90069

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:55:32 -0800

Google Transit is FREE. All they require is a partnership agreement and an xml feed of geocoded data (which comes formatted directly from transit agency's scheduling software systems like Giro/Hastus). It's not a big deal to participate, and the search results can be used by screen reader systems that the visually impaired use. All the info on how to join up is posted on the Google Transit site. It's just plain retrogressive not to do it.

msmerymac

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:28:26 -0800

The walking directions are helpful, and for some areas you can get info on taking public transportation from google maps (WeHo). At least they have subway stations. Because of seeing where the closest station was, I took the Red Line to jury duty. :-)

Markland

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:43:44 -0800

Shameful that a local agency that wants more funds wants to do this in house while Google could do it for them, and probably better, serving more of the public. Do you know if Google asks for cities to pay for them to do this?