Comments on: No Google Transit for TTC: Giambrone http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/no-google-transit-for-ttc.html Ian Stevens' weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:22:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: mike http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/no-google-transit-for-ttc.html#comment-34872 mike Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:16:08 +0000 http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/no-google-transit-for-ttc.html#comment-34872 The TTC needs to let Google make the trip planner for them, it would be much cheaper than them doing it in house. The TTC needs to also replace all ticket agents with an efficient machine. The TTC needs to let Google make the trip planner for them, it would be much cheaper than them doing it in house. The TTC needs to also replace all ticket agents with an efficient machine.

]]> By: MJDL http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/no-google-transit-for-ttc.html#comment-2355 MJDL Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:41:57 +0000 http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/no-google-transit-for-ttc.html#comment-2355 I wonder if the TTC will ever have anything as useful as the London Tube Journey Planner at http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/ Put in two termini of your journey, e.g. Basil St. and Marble Arch, and you go through a 3 stage process that ends with a complete schedule page with a variety of custom generated PDF maps (entire journey, starting point vicinity, ending point vicinity) that you can quickly print; they should really have a online map mash-up as well, for people who just want to refresh their transit knowledge, but I can appreciate the point of giving the transit patron something to put in their hands. The TTC could even monetize the service by selling listings to nearby businesses which would appear on the online or generated maps. I wonder if the TTC will ever have anything as useful as the London Tube Journey Planner at http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/ Put in two termini of your journey, e.g. Basil St. and Marble Arch, and you go through a 3 stage process that ends with a complete schedule page with a variety of custom generated PDF maps (entire journey, starting point vicinity, ending point vicinity) that you can quickly print; they should really have a online map mash-up as well, for people who just want to refresh their transit knowledge, but I can appreciate the point of giving the transit patron something to put in their hands.

The TTC could even monetize the service by selling listings to nearby businesses which would appear on the online or generated maps.

]]> By: Andy Grant http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/no-google-transit-for-ttc.html#comment-2317 Andy Grant Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:20:21 +0000 http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/no-google-transit-for-ttc.html#comment-2317 The City Of Guelph now uses Google maps for their bus routes. You may check it out here... http://guelph.ca/living.cfm?subCatID=1578&smocid=2156 The City Of Guelph now uses Google maps for their bus routes. You may check it out here… http://guelph.ca/living.cfm?subCatID=1578&smocid=2156

]]> By: Bibiana McHugh http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/no-google-transit-for-ttc.html#comment-2311 Bibiana McHugh Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:52:58 +0000 http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/no-google-transit-for-ttc.html#comment-2311 Hi Ian – thanks for the mention. I'd like to clarify a few things. Since its beta release in December 2005, Google Transit has greatly improved (as most beta products do), and the Google Transit team continues to make enhancements and refinements as it broadens its base and responds to customer feedback. Hopefully, we'll see more applications like this so it can be just as easy for the public to plan transit trips, as it is to get driving directions in almost any city, from a variety of websites, to suit a variety of users. Transit Agencies, like Toronto Transit, can make this a reality by making their data accessible in a standard format, with little to no costs incurred. The Transit Data Feed Spec, released by Google with a Creative Commons license, facilitates a common way to share transit data and its very simple and easy to generate. Many agencies and developers are already adopting and supporting it. Another benefit to adopting a standard way of sharing data is sharing applications. TriMet will be releasing the TimeTable Publisher application that uses the Transit Feed Spec as one method of input, so if you are providing your data to Google in the Transit Data Feed Spec, you could easily publish your timetables in a variety of formats including web publication. I anticipate that more applications will follow. Rather than replace an agency's existing trip planner or compete with it, we’re finding that Google Transit is reaching a broader audience and encouraging people to take public transportation. Thanks, Bibiana McHugh IT Manager of GIS TriMet, Portland, OR Hi Ian – thanks for the mention. I’d like to clarify a few things.

Since its beta release in December 2005, Google Transit has greatly improved (as most beta products do), and the Google Transit team continues to make enhancements and refinements as it broadens its base and responds to customer feedback.

Hopefully, we’ll see more applications like this so it can be just as easy for the public to plan transit trips, as it is to get driving directions in almost any city, from a variety of websites, to suit a variety of users.

Transit Agencies, like Toronto Transit, can make this a reality by making their data accessible in a standard format, with little to no costs incurred. The Transit Data Feed Spec, released by Google with a Creative Commons license, facilitates a common way to share transit data and its very simple and easy to generate. Many agencies and developers are already adopting and supporting it.

Another benefit to adopting a standard way of sharing data is sharing applications. TriMet will be releasing the TimeTable Publisher application that uses the Transit Feed Spec as one method of input, so if you are providing your data to Google in the Transit Data Feed Spec, you could easily publish your timetables in a variety of formats including web publication. I anticipate that more applications will follow.

Rather than replace an agency’s existing trip planner or compete with it, we’re finding that Google Transit is reaching a broader audience and encouraging people to take public transportation.

Thanks,
Bibiana McHugh
IT Manager of GIS
TriMet, Portland, OR

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