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Thursday, December 08, 2005

One stop shop for Public Transport maps/schedule

Yet another new "beta" service from Google. Provide a start and end address and a time and it will show you the best public transportation combination to get there, ETA and costs. This release only covers the Portland Metro area (OR).

Example: If you have to get from NW 13th Ave to the Airport at 7PM, look up directions using this text: 800 NW 13th ave, Portland, OR 97209 to pdx at 7PM to get these directions. It even shows what the public transport would cost vs driving!

Here is a snippet from the GBlog:
With it, commuters will be able to easily access public transit schedules, routes, and plan trips using their local public transportation options. This first release covers only the Portland, Oregon metro area, but we are working to expand our coverage very soon.

They seem to do better with the 20% projects than their regular day jobs! :)

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