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b4action14 Mar 2008 09:44 
Subject:Pre-set trips should have one pre-set location
From:b4action (acti@gmail.com)
Date:03/14/2008 09:44:49 AM
List:com.googlegroups.googletransit

In testing some of the sample trips a person new to Google Transit should not be given too many choices. The transit system has suggested a trip from A to B. Here is a trip http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&saddr=Alturas,+CA&daddr=Greyhound,+Reno,+NV&f=d&sampleq=1&time=&date=&ttype=dep&dirflg=r where the rider needs to figure out which of the many names found "greyound in reno" (in that case it is the first choice on Stevenson) and then choose one. I'd suggest we have the transit select the location and make that the default.

here is another sample where the choices may help a knowledgeable rider but frustrate the new one for a pre-set trip at RTC RIDES Reno: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&saddr=Robb+Dr.+and+Mae+Anne+Ave.,+Reno&daddr=Renown+Regional+Medical+Center&f=d&sampleq=1&time=7pm&date=&ttype=dep&dirflg=r

or a trip in the Bay Area Network: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&saddr=N+1st+and+Santa+Clara,+San+Jose,+CA&daddr=Great+America,+Santa+Clara,+CA&f=d&sampleq=1&time=&date=&ttype=dep&dirflg=r

Just TOO MANY choices. Is this a "maps" issue? I will hope it can be resolved. We certainly don't want to limit a quality search that is