3 messages in com.googlegroups.googletransitRe: Google Transit in Tri-State Area| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Stark Raven Mad | 11 Jul 2007 11:29 | |
| Chris Luth | 11 Jul 2007 14:33 | |
| Roger L. Cauvin | 13 Jul 2007 09:26 |
| Subject: | Re: Google Transit in Tri-State Area |
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| From: | Chris Luth (chri...@gmail.com) |
| Date: | 07/11/2007 02:33:04 PM |
| List: | com.googlegroups.googletransit |
Agreed. The NY/NJ area would be an incredible example of what Google Transit could do. Google Transit's best functionality is to integrate multiple agencies into one user-friendly, easy-to-find and easy-to-operate trip planner. (Although I've encountered trip planners with more functionality, none is as easy to use as GT and almost all require digging through Google to find the agency's Web site and are buried under several links--nevermind trying to coordinate between two, three, or five agencies!)
I sorta kinda started a writing campaign for West Coast transit providers (don't know how many people actually contacted the agencies), but maybe now we need to focus on the East Coast!
Chris
On 7/11/07, Stark Raven Mad <hone...@gmail.com> wrote:
OMG, this would be THE most useful tool in the New York / New Jersey area!
With all the buses, trains, subways, and ferries used by MTA, NJ Transit, PATH, NJ Light Rail, and NY Waterway offerings, I have six different sets of schedules tacked up to one side of my cubicle wall at work. Depending on what time I leave and where I have to go after work, I have to use scrap paper to plan my trips.
If Transit gave the option for "Fastest Trip", "Least Transfers", and "Cheapest Trip", I can see the service as being very useful not only to commuters such as myself who like to meet up with friends after work, but also to tourists, students, and those who may just decide they don't want to drive, whether it be because they hate traffic, or want to save gas, or want to help the environment.
We need to somehow get NY and NJ aware of this project...