Google Transit for Blackberries, Palm, and other "smart-phones"
Aaron Antrim
now plan trips on public transportation more conveniently when they're
on-the-go.
Last week, the new version of "Google Maps for mobile" added transit
directions. Google Maps for mobile is a free download for owners of
Blackberry, Palm OS, Nokia/Symbian, Windows Mobile, and other Java-
enabled mobile devices at www.google.com/mobile/gmm.
"This version of Google Maps for mobile even has a few tricks not yet
available on the desktop version of Google Maps. For instance, you can
find the last transit trips of the day (to figure out how late you can
stay at the party) and more easily browse through earlier or later
trips," says Joe Hughes of Google in a blog post announcing the new
feature (http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/06/get-bus-and-train-directions-on-go-with.html
).
People who own iPods, or non web-enabled PDAs and mobile phones can
also carry electronic schedules with them, which are available for
download at www.redwoodtransit.org/schedules, www.eurekatransit.org,
and www.arcatatransit.org.
"By publishing our schedules to Google Transit, we have been able to
help Humboldt County residents who are feeling the crunch of rising
gas costs to more easily figure out bus schedules and reduce their
transportation costs," says Neleen Fregoso, General Manager for
Humboldt Transit Authority, which operates Redwood Transit System and
Eureka Transit Service. "Having schedule information available on
mobile phones and PDAs makes it even more convenient."
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Aaron Antrim
Trillium Solutions
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