Monday, 25th September 2006

Google Transit Expands With New Cities PLUS a Selection of Other Real Time and Trip Routing Tools

Google Expands Google Transit With New Cities
It appears that the team in Mountain View has expanded their transit service (find times, plan routes, etc.) for a few more cities. The service first launched was only available for Portland, OR. Now, some 18 months later the service is now available for:

+ Tampa (HRTA)
+ Honolulu (HRT)
+ Eugene, OR (Lane Transit District)
+ Pittsburgh (Port Authority)
+ Seattle (King County Metro)

Now, what if you don't live in one of those cities and even if you do? Over the past few months we've been featuring numerous real-time databases on ResourceShelf. Here's a quick peek at a few transportation-related ones. Much more to come. This is just a small sample.

+ Real Time Traffic Info (Not Just Data, But Live Cameras)
Now available for London, UK, and Toronto.

+ Real Time Amtrak Train Tracking (Mobile Too!) and Route Planning

+ NextBus
Route planning and real time info about when the next train or bus will be coming. San Francisco's Muni is part of this service. Mobile version also available.

Here are just a few more we plan to post about in the near future:
+ Alaska: Real Time Ferry Info

+ Bay Area: BART Travel Planner and Real Time Info for Selected Areas

+ British Columbia: Real Time Ferry Info

+ Chicago Trip Planner and Chicago Area Real Time Bus Location Info

+ Denver Trip Planner

+ Duluth Real Time Bus Info

+ Europe: Die Bahn Train Travel Planner
Train routes across all of Europe. Plus personalized timetables and station arrival/departure info.

+ + Hong Kong: Train Planner

+ UK: London Tube Jouney Planner and Real Time Info and Real Time Tube Disruption Map

+ Los Angeles (Metro) Trip Planner ||| Long Beach, CA Real Time Bus Info

+ Australia: Melbourne Journey Planner

+ New Jersey Transit Itinerary Planner

+ Orange County, CA Trip Planner ||| Mobile Version

+ Paris Journey Planner
Also, interactive journey planner.

+ Philadelphia (SEPTA) Trip Planner

+ Portland: Tri-Met Journey Planner and Real Time Info

+ Seattle Area Smart Trek and Tracker (Real Time Bus Info) ||| U of Washington Bus View

+ Sweden: Stockholm Journey Planner

+ Australia: Sydney Ferries

+ Washington DC Metro Trip Planner

+ i-Métro (Subway Navigator for Hundreds of Cities) (Mobile Too) and SubwayNavigator.com

+ UK: National Rail Enquiries Real Time Info and Routing

+ Vancouver: NextBus Info and Trip Planner

MUCH MORE TO COME in Our Real Time Data Collection.

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• Search News (ResourceShelf)
• Source File (ResourceShelf)
• Web 2.0 (ResourceShelf)

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