Comments on: Google Transit http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/ When stream of consciousness meets a waterfall. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Uneasy Rhetoric http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-9433 Uneasy Rhetoric Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:07:58 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/#comment-9433 Amelie - you can use plain old <a href="http://maps.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google maps</a> for directions (click the "get directions" link under the search button and the search form will change to a directions form). They <a href="http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/02/09/google-maps/" rel="nofollow">aren't really any better</a> than Mapquest's though. Amelie – you can use plain old Google maps for directions (click the “get directions” link under the search button and the search form will change to a directions form).

They aren’t really any better than Mapquest’s though.

]]> By: Amelie http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-9432 Amelie Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:13:59 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/#comment-9432 oh crap. I just realized this is transit-only and not actual directions. Still, awesome for when I move back downtown and need up-to-date bus schedules. Hope it comes to sacto RT soon, because I hate their call in number wait time. oh crap. I just realized this is transit-only and not actual directions. Still, awesome for when I move back downtown and need up-to-date bus schedules. Hope it comes to sacto RT soon, because I hate their call in number wait time.

]]> By: Amelie http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-9431 Amelie Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:12:26 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/#comment-9431 What a neat program! I'm so sick of mapquest and its crazy directions. Cannot wait tills this is a broader app. What a neat program! I’m so sick of mapquest and its crazy directions. Cannot wait tills this is a broader app.

]]> By: Uneasy Rhetoric http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-9427 Uneasy Rhetoric Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:58:01 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/#comment-9427 M - you have to put in the entire address, like this: pdx to 3203 se woodstock blvd, portland, or. It tells you to take the Red Line to Gateway, transfer to the 75, and walk down the hill. It doesn't say "down the hill," but you and Victor know what I mean. Ironically, "pdx to reed college, portland, or" doesn't work. M – you have to put in the entire address, like this:

pdx to 3203 se woodstock blvd, portland, or. It tells you to take the Red Line to Gateway, transfer to the 75, and walk down the hill. It doesn’t say “down the hill,” but you and Victor know what I mean.

Ironically, “pdx to reed college, portland, or” doesn’t work.

]]> By: Uneasy Rhetoric http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-9423 Uneasy Rhetoric Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:54:26 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/#comment-9423 I'd heard that the Google Transit site was buggy. Probably because they've been Slash-Dotted. The MBTA is great. Last time I was in Boston (1998), I had no trouble navigating. I managed to get from the airport to my friend's house in Brookline without any trouble, and I did the touristy thing almost exclusively via transit (and walking, of course). I’d heard that the Google Transit site was buggy. Probably because they’ve been Slash-Dotted.

The MBTA is great. Last time I was in Boston (1998), I had no trouble navigating. I managed to get from the airport to my friend’s house in Brookline without any trouble, and I did the touristy thing almost exclusively via transit (and walking, of course).

]]> By: Matthew http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-9422 Matthew Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:57:53 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/#comment-9422 I couldn't get Google to recognize 3203 SE Woodstock, which seems odd. Or indeed any adress, which seems odder. But it matters not, since, as I've lamented before, mass transit here in the Triangle is god-awful. Google Transit for this part of the world would just add insult to injury. I couldn’t get Google to recognize 3203 SE Woodstock, which seems odd. Or indeed any adress, which seems odder. But it matters not, since, as I’ve lamented before, mass transit here in the Triangle is god-awful. Google Transit for this part of the world would just add insult to injury.

]]> By: Victor http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-9421 Victor Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:46:27 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2005/12/08/google-transit/#comment-9421 Very cool. In case you're out this way, the MBTA (Boston) has a very nice site, with a functioning trip planner that actually works properly. You can tell it, for instance, that you want to *arrive at* (say) the airport at 6PM, starting from (say) my house. It will tell you when to leave, where to catch the bus (and an accurate when -- even for minor stops not in published timetables), and where and when to transfer. It will also tell you how much the ride will cost. And it even has little buttons for 'leave 5 minutes earlier' and 'later', in case you want to adjust your times a bit. Very cool. In case you’re out this way, the MBTA (Boston) has a very nice site, with a functioning trip planner that actually works properly. You can tell it, for instance, that you want to *arrive at* (say) the airport at 6PM, starting from (say) my house. It will tell you when to leave, where to catch the bus (and an accurate when — even for minor stops not in published timetables), and where and when to transfer. It will also tell you how much the ride will cost. And it even has little buttons for ‘leave 5 minutes earlier’ and ‘later’, in case you want to adjust your times a bit.

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