Update: Google Transit coming soon to Phoenix
After my previous rant about Google Transit not being available in Phoenix and the responses I received when I inquired about it, it looks like Valley Metro is set to release their information to Google Transit. Hooray for progress!
From Rail Life:
Have you heard of Google Transit, a feature of Google Maps that began in October of 2007 and now covers 445 cities worldwide? Google Transit helps you get around town using the “Get Directions” feature of Google Maps and the option to use public transit.
Valley Metro has been working with the 14 member cities of the Regional Public Transit Association (RPTA) to bring this feature to Valley residents. We’ve covered a lot of ground in the testing phase, but it’s a big Valley with a lot of transit routes to verify so we’re not yet ready to introduce it for use. Here’s a little more about what Google Transit will do once it’s online (using a test account set up for us by Google): Like any trip using Google Maps, I input my origin and destination. In this case I want to leave the Valley Metro offices to go to the Phoenix Zoo. I’ve expanded the options section to tell Google I want to leave the office at 10:00 am, and I want to use public transit.
When I click on “Get Directions” the map shows me public transit options, and I can click on the bus icon to get more information on the route selected.
