Archive for April, 2007
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
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Google Transit Contributes Open-Source Utilities to GoogleTransitDataFeed, TriMet makes GTFS feed available
This is what’s been keeping me and my co-worker Tom Brown busy for the past month or so. It’s a Python library for reading/writing GTFS, as well as sample programs to view and validate feeds. Also TriMet releases the first publicly-available GTFS [...]
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
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Can He Get There From Here? - New York Times
Article about an unaffiliated designer’s quest to get his subway map adopted by the New York Subway. It’s nice that the MTA folks took the time to meet with him and talk it over.
(tags: maps newyork)
Portland Transport: A Geeky Community Project?
Daydreaming about using webcams and [...]
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
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Google Transit launches routing for all of Japan
There’s been a mobile version of this since last year, but it’s nice to have routing for some non-US agencies in the Google Transit interface. It can return trips that involves transfers to airplanes!
(tags: googletransit tripplanner thirdpartysites japan)
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
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T to roll out new maps to boost use of its buses - The Boston Globe
The MBTA has developed new maps that help people learn more about the buses that operate in their area. We need more of this sort of thing; uncertainty about where buses go and when is a huge impediment to [...]
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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
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Doctor Transit/League of Transit Doctors: To get people who have mobility choices to choose transit, they have to know it exists
Nice exploration of signage and transit information at three different airports. Figuring out whether transit is workable for you (and if so, what you’ll need to do to use) on arrival in a foreign [...]
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Friday, April 13th, 2007
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Graphserver - Fine Open Source Itineraries
Open-source transit (and more) routing engine, with support for Google Transit Feed Spec feeds.
(tags: tripplanner opensource gtfs)
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Friday, April 6th, 2007
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Getting Started with Google Transit webinar (for transit agencies)
One of my co-workers will be giving a presentation next week for agencies who want to learn more about participating in Google Transit.
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
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Google Transit launches revamped interface
The new interface makes it easier to compare different route options and cycle through zoomed-in views of each step of the route.
(tags: googletransit tripplanner thirdpartysites)